# Selectors Level 3 Disposition of Comments

Last call document:http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-css3-selectors-20090310/

Editor's draft: http://dev.w3.org/csswg/selectors3

The following color coding convention is used for comments:

- Accepted or Rejected + verified
- Rejected and not verified
- Formal Objection (There were no formal objections.)

An issue can be closed as `Accepted`, `OutOfScope`, `Invalid`, `Rejected`, or `Retracted`. `Verified` indicates commentor's acceptance of the response.

    Issue 1.
    Summary:  Remove suggestion to use \: to match namespaced XML in down-level UAs
    From:     Krzysztof Maczynski
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Mar/0098.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Oct/0239.html
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Oct/0251.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Oct/0278.html
    Closed:   Accepted

    Issue 2.
    Summary:  Fix typo in E[hfoo|="en"]
    From:     Bjoern Hoehrmann
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Mar/0119.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Mar/0201.html
    Closed:   Accepted

    Issue 3.
    Summary:  Make [att~=""] match att=""
    From:     Anton Prowse
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Mar/0148.html # 1
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Mar/0153.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Oct/0063.html
    Closed:   Rejected
    Verified: private email

    Issue 4.
    Summary:  Define terms "identifier" and "string"
    From:     Anton Prowse
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Mar/0148.html # 2
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Oct/0282.html
    Closed:   Accepted
    Verified: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Oct/0285.html

    Issue 5.
    Summary:  Complaint about "Most elements" sentence of :enabled/:disabled
    From:     Anton Prowse
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Mar/0148.html # 3
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Oct/0064.html
    Closed:   Accepted
    Verified: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Oct/0079.html

    Issue 6.
    Summary:  PCDATA, CDATA, PI, and DOM not defined
    From:     Anton Prowse
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Mar/0148.html # 4, 6
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Oct/0281.html
    Closed:   Accepted
    Verified: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Oct/0286.html

    Issue 7.
    Summary:  Errors in :nth-child definition
    From:     Anton Prowse
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Mar/0148.html # 5
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Oct/0069.html
    Closed:   Accepted
    Verified: [private email]

    Issue 8.
    Summary:  Limitations on ::first-line too specific
    From:     Anton Prowse
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Mar/0148.html # 7a
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Oct/0066.html
    Closed:   Accepted
    Verified: [private email]

    Issue 9.
    Summary:  Make parenthetical a note
    From:     Anton Prowse
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Mar/0148.html # 7b
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Oct/0066.html
    Closed:   Rejected
    Verified: [private email]

    Issue 10.
    Summary:  Define 'block'
    From:     Anton Prowse
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Mar/0148.html # 8
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Oct/0283.html
    Closed:   Accepted
    Verified: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Oct/0284.html

    Issue 11.
    Summary:  Various editorial
    From:     Anton Prowse
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Mar/0148.html # 9+
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Oct/0081.html
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Oct/0085.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Oct/0200.html
    Closed:   Accepted
    Verified: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Oct/0288.html

    Issue 12.
    Summary:  Clarify that :not() cannot accept pseudo-element arguments.
    From:     Andrey Mikhalev
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Mar/0123.html
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Mar/0130.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Oct/0192.html
    Closed:   Accepted
    Verified: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Oct/0203.html
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Oct/0194.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Nov/0046.html
    Closed:   Accepted

    Issue 13.
    Summary:  Fix selectors prose to allow standalone pseudo-elements
    From:     dbaron
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Mar/0195.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Oct/0193.html
    Closed:   Accepted

    Issue 14.
    Summary:  Clarify that entire universal selector must be dropped, not just local name
    From:     Leif Halvard Silli
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Sep/0305.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Oct/0221.html
    Closed:   Accepted
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Oct/0224.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Oct/0240.html
    Closed:   Rejected [editorial change request]
    Verified: See Issue 24

    Issue 15.
    Summary:  Clarify that duplicating a selector increases specificity
    From:     Sylvain Galineau
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Jul/0046.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Jul/0176.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Oct/0237.html
    Closed:   Accepted
    Verified: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Oct/0238.html

    Issue 16.
    Summary:  Add reference to RFC 4647 for langage-tag matching
    From:     Nicolas Krebs
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Mar/0341.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Oct/0241.html
    Closed:   Rejected

    Issue 17.
    Summary:  :nth-child when a = b = 0
    From:     Anne van Kesteren
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Oct/0208.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Oct/0211.html
    Closed:   Retracted
    Verified: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Oct/0212.html

    Issue 18.
    Summary:  Error in :not() grammar
    From:     Anne van Kesteren
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Oct/0209.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Oct/0218.html
    Closed:   Accepted

    Issue 19.
    Summary:  Stray references to ::selection
    From:     Andrey Mikhalev
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Mar/0356.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Oct/0242.html
    Closed:   Accepted

    Issue 20.
    Summary:  Make attribute values match case insensitively
    From:     Anne van Kesteren
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Apr/0006.html
    Closed:   OutOfScope
    Verified: [telecon]

    Issue 21.
    Summary:  Comments and Questions from Protocols and Formats WG
    From:     Janina Sajka
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009May/0065.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Oct/0277.html
    Closed:   OutOfScope
    Verified: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Nov/0257.html

    Issue 22.
    Summary:  Clarify that namespace prefixes are case-sensitive
    From:     Anne van Kesteren
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Jun/0384.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Oct/0244.html
    Closed:   Accepted
    Verified: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Oct/0250.html

    Issue 23.
    Summary:  Split References section into Normative and Informative
    From:     Chris Lilley
    Comment:  [via telecon]
    Closed:   Accepted

    Issue 24.
    Summary:  Clarify that a pseudo-element is part of the selector.
    From:     Leif Halvard Silli
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Oct/0265.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Oct/0267.html
    Closed:   Accepted
    Verified: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Oct/0274.html

    Issue 25.
    Summary:  Escapes not defined in prose, only in gramar
    From:     fantasai
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Oct/0280.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Oct/0280.html
    Closed:   Accepted

    Issue 26.
    Summary:  Unclear whether default attribute values may be matched
    From:     Gérard Talbot via fantasai
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Nov/0022.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Nov/0047.html
    Closed:   Accepted