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Parameterized pseudo-classes break selector highlighting in SCSS

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Description

Information:

  • Prism version: 1.29.0
  • Plugins: none
  • Environment: Browser

Description
SCSS selectors that include parenthesized pseudo-classes are not highlighted as selectors.
Note that CSS does not have this issue.

Example

Triggers the bug:

foo :foo() bar {

}
image

Does not trigger the bug:

foo :foo bar {

}
image

Workaround

This appears to fix it in my setup (simply removing () from [^@;{}()\s], but not sure whether it breaks something else (@golmote any idea why that avoids parens?):

Prism.languages.scss.selector.pattern = /(?=\S)[^@;{}()]?(?:[^@;{}\s]|\s+(?!\s)|#\{\$[-\w]+\})+(?=\s*\{(?:\}|\s|[^}][^:{}]*[:{][^}]))/;

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Research direction

Start by locating the Prism.languages.scss.selector.pattern entry point and reproduce the two SCSS examples in a browser. Adjust the SCSS selector handling so parenthesized pseudo-classes are highlighted as selectors while plain pseudo-classes continue to work, then verify both examples against the reported behavior.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript, scss
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
38/100

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