Re: [csswg-drafts] [selectors] `/idref()/` combinator to follow element references for arbitrary IDREF attributes (#10970) from Psychpsyo (Cameron) via GitHub on 2025-05-16 (public-css-archive@w3.org from May 2025)

From: Psychpsyo (Cameron) via GitHub <sysbot+gh@w3.org>
Date: Fri, 16 May 2025 16:28:40 +0000
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> A pseudo element would be less useful, because you wouldn’t be able to select descendants. This, something like this is currently illegal:
> 
> ```
> label::ref(for) span {}
> ```

Pseudo-elements with [internal structure](https://www.w3.org/TR/selectors-4/#pseudo-element-structure) are allowed to have child- and descendant combinators after them.
(The places I know this is used in are [view-transitions-1](https://www.w3.org/TR/css-view-transitions-1/) and [css-forms-1](https://drafts.csswg.org/css-forms-1/))

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