Re: Should CSS generated contents ::before and ::after really become part of the document?

2017-01-14 17:05 GMT+08:00 Liam R. E. Quin <liam@w3.org>:

> That depends on what you mean by "part of the document". They are
> reflected in the CSS OM but not in the DOM; they are certainly part of
> the document in an informal sense just as much as images are part of
> the document even though those, too, are (usually) external to the
> HTML.
>

Thanks. Since they certainly are part of the document (in an informal
sense), is web browsers prevent them from being highlighted and copied not
working as intended?

Ian Yang