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To allow independent styling of the first letter itself and its adjacent punctuation, associated preceding punctuation is represented by the ::prefixsub-pseudo-element of the ::first-letterpseudo-element (::first-letter::prefix); and associated following punctuation is represented by the ::postfix sub-pseudo-element of the ::first-letter pseudo-element (::first-letter::postfix).
fantasai: Florian suggested ::prefix and ::postfix, which has advantage of being usable on ::marker as well
fantasai: So wanted to confirm with WG
dbaron: How understandable would these terms to non-English speakers / other English speakers
astearns: ...
dbaron: prefix is much more common than postfix
plinss: Alternative would be suffix, but postfix has better symmetry
astearns: Anyone lining up to implement this?
astearns: Lacking that, I say we go with what's in the draft
RESOLVED: Accept what's in the draft
tantek: +1 to suffix. better known term than postfix. usability trumps symmetry
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Proposed Resolution: Rename ::postfix to ::suffix
Reacted by fantasai, Valtteri Laitinen, Oriol Brufau and L. David Baron
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[css-pseudo-4] Rename ::postfix to ::suffix #11949
fantasai commentedon Mar 24, 2025
Accepted by editor discretion given the consistency argument and lack of implementations, requesting Async resolution.
astearns commentedon Mar 24, 2025
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Proposed Resolution: Rename
::postfixto::suffixastearns commentedon Apr 1, 2025
RESOLVED: Rename
::postfixto::suffix[css-pseudo-4][editorial] Changed `::postfix` to `::suffix` in At Risk
SebastianZ commentedon Sep 13, 2025
The rename happened in 4bfbc1e half a year ago and I just fixed a previously missed place. So I think it's fine to close this now.
Sebastian