Kozea/WeasyPrint

@footnote::before and other broken at-rules not discarded

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#2,215 opened on Jul 31, 2024

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Description

The spec mentions the "footnote rule", but doesn't actually specify how to create it.

I tried to create a 20% wide rule with @footnote::before:

@page
   @footnote::before {
        display: block;
        width: 20%;
        border-top: solid 0.2mm;
    }
}

but the "::before" seems to be stripped and the rule applied to the entire area instead:

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Is it reasonable to expect "::before" to apply to the footnote area?

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Research direction
Investigate the CSS parser code in WeasyPrint to see how @footnote::before is processed. Focus on the handling of pseudo elements in at rules and why the ::before part is stripped.
Tech stack
pythoncss
Domain
backend
Issue type
Bug
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2
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1-3 hours
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Clear
Prerequisites
CSS
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60