Highlighting issue with CSS pseudo-classes/elements about notepad2-mod HOT 4 CLOSED

You should always see how Scite handle these.

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SciTE appears to handle these correctly. Pseudo-classes and pseudo-elements get (very slightly) different colors, while invalid pseudo-classes and invalid pseudo-elements are both clearly highlighted as "unknown".

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According to MDN, :after and :before is CSS2 syntax and has better compatibility. Calling ::after more "correct" than :after is ... interesting. They are just different specs. CSS2 is still valid and correct.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Pseudo-elements

Nevertheless, I am currently working on a fix for this since you're correct that it should support the CSS3 syntax for pseudo-elements. I should be done with the patch within an hour (I'm just doing some research first). I'll just add it to my current Pull Request.

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I'm not aware of any industry where older standards are considered "more correct" than newer standards, so yes, I'd call CSS3 syntax "more correct" than CSS2 syntax. Also, since the only browser with statistically significant market share that doesn't support the CSS3 syntax is Internet Explorer 8 -- which is currently at about 8 or 9% and on a steady decline -- I'd call any compatibility issues negligible.

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