Re: [csswg-drafts] [css-pseudo-4] Add a pseudo-element to style all highlight pseudo-elements (#9091)

• From: Thomas Steiner via GitHub <sysbot+gh@w3.org>
• Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2025 10:56:35 +0000
• To: public-css-archive@w3.org
• Message-ID: <issue_comment.created-2703505587-1741258593-sysbot+gh@w3.org>

> Having `::highlight()` match all custom highlights would make sense, though.

I just naively and without knowing this wouldn't work tried the above syntax. Then, less confidently, I tried `::highlight(*)`, then I came here. 

My use case is to avoid duplication:

```css
/* Want: */

::highlight() {
  text-decoration-line: underline;
  text-decoration-style: wavy;
}

::highlight(spelling) {  
  text-decoration-color: yellow;
}

…

::highlight(punctuation) {
  text-decoration-color: red;
}
```

Instead, I have to repeat myself:

```css
/* Reality: */

::highlight(spelling) {  
  text-decoration-color: yellow;
  text-decoration-line: underline;
  text-decoration-style: wavy;
}

…

::highlight(punctuation) {
  text-decoration-color: red;
  text-decoration-line: underline;
  text-decoration-style: wavy;
}
```


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