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- Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2026 16:33:44 +0000
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The CSS Working Group just discussed `[css-ui] Add or reuse pseudo-element for openable-submenu indicator (triangle)`, and agreed to the following: * `RESOLVED: Mint a new pseudo-element for this, name TBD. It comes after ::after.` <details><summary>The full IRC log of that discussion</summary> <lwarlow> q+<br> <jarhar> dbaron: menuitems which open submenus usually have arrows next to them to indicate that they open a submenu<br> <masonf> ::submenu-arrow-thingy<br> <masonf> q+<br> <astearns> slight preference for *not* overloading ::after<br> <cwilso> +1<br> <jarhar> dbaron: we can use ::after, ::picker-icon, ::marker, or create a new pseudo element<br> <cwilso> ack next<br> <jarhar> lwarlow: i am quite keen that we reserve before and after for author space<br> <jarhar> lwarlow: using a browser provided pseudo is probably for the best<br> <jarhar> lwarlow: author might want to use before/after in addition to this<br> <jarhar> lwarlow: it should come after ::after like picker-icon does<br> <jarhar> lwarlow: two things worth keeping in mind here. some menuitems will have a checkmark pseudo which comes in the front<br> <jarhar> lwarlow: its not uncommon for menuitems to have keyboard shortcuts and to display those shortcuts in the ui<br> <jarhar> lwarlow: if the author wanted to do that they could put it in the ::after pseudo element<br> <jarhar> lwarlow: if we use ::after we're conflicting with that<br> <jarhar> lwarlow: picker-icon works<br> <jarhar> lwarlow: the thing that its not an icon is dubious. what is an icon? if its an icon for select then its an icon for this. but yeah its not a picker<br> <jarhar> lwarlow: picker-icon or make a new pseudo element<br> <jarhar> lwarlow: were making new ones for css forms anyway<br> <jarhar> lwarlow: i think make a new pseudo and put it after ::after, then we can come up with a name. should probably include "icon" in its name<br> <cwilso> ack next<br> <jarhar> masonf: +1 to everything luke just said. my point about picker-icon wasnt necessarily the name<br> <jarhar> masonf: mostly that we had this exact conversation for customizable select with the same list of options<br> <jarhar> masonf: we went from ::after, then to ::marker<br> <jarhar> masonf: we ended at ::picker-icon, and it comes after ::after<br> <jarhar> masonf: we should follow that but with a new name<br> <jarhar> +1<br> <lwarlow> Oh also marker is limited styleability too. So we just should leave that behind imo.<br> <masonf> haha<br> <dbaron> (we should probably also make ::picker-icon work for datetime inputs)<br> <lwarlow> ::submenu-icon<br> <jarhar> smaug: i cant immediatly come up with an obvious name for this<br> <masonf> ::submenu-indicator<br> <masonf> Proposed resolution: a new pseudo element, which comes after ::after<br> <lwarlow> PROPOSED RESOLUTION: Mint a new pseudo-element for this, name TBD<br> <dbaron> cwilso: should straw poll for names<br> <lwarlow> Proposed resolution: Mint a new pseudo-element for this, name TBD. It comes after ::after.<br> <cwilso> +1<br> <lwarlow> +1<br> <dbaron> +1<br> <masonf> +1<br> <cwilso> RESOLVED: Mint a new pseudo-element for this, name TBD. It comes after ::after.<br> </details> -- GitHub Notification of comment by css-meeting-bot Please view or discuss this issue at https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/13430#issuecomment-3854803741 using your GitHub account -- Sent via github-notify-ml as configured in https://github.com/w3c/github-notify-ml-config
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