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Fixes #31411

Code changes

In code/addons/pseudo-states/src/preview/rewriteStyleSheet.ts:

When a CSS selector uses :where() to wrap a pseudo-state (e.g. .textLink:where(:focus-visible)), the ancestor selector was generated without :where(), resulting in higher specificity (0-2-0 instead of 0-1-0) which changed the resultant styles unexpectedly.

The bug

Input: .textLink:where(:focus-visible) { outline: 1px solid red; }

Before (wrong):

.textLink:where(:focus-visible),
.textLink:where(.pseudo-focus-visible),
.pseudo-focus-visible-all .textLink:where(*) { /* specificity 0-2-0 - changes styles! */ }

After (fixed):

.textLink:where(:focus-visible),
.textLink:where(.pseudo-focus-visible),
:where(.pseudo-focus-visible-all) .textLink { /* specificity 0-1-0 - matches original */ }

Changes

  1. extractPseudoStates() now tracks per-pseudo-state :where() wrapping by finding :where() block ranges and checking each pseudo-state's match position against those ranges. This correctly handles mixed cases like .textLink:where(:focus-visible):hover where only :focus-visible is inside :where().
  2. replacePseudoStatesWithAncestorSelector() uses per-state :where() information to build the ancestor prefix:
    • States inside :where() get wrapped: :where(.pseudo-focus-visible-all)
    • States outside :where() stay unwrapped: .pseudo-hover-all
    • Mixed result: :where(.pseudo-focus-visible-all).pseudo-hover-all .textLink

Tests added

5 new tests in rewriteStyleSheet.test.ts:

  • :where(:focus-visible) preserves wrapper in ancestor selector
  • :where(:hover, :focus-visible) combined selectors preserve wrapper
  • Selectors without :where() remain unchanged (no regression)
  • Mixed :where(:focus-visible):hover tracks per-state wrapping
  • Reversed mixed :hover:where(:focus-visible) tracks per-state wrapping

User-facing changes

Users who wrap pseudo-states in :where() (e.g., for specificity control in design systems) will no longer see unexpected style changes when the pseudo-states addon is active.

Backwards-incompatible changes

None. The fix only affects the generated ancestor selector and brings it in line with the expected specificity behavior.

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Manual testing

  1. Open any Storybook story
  2. Enable the pseudo-states addon
  3. Add a CSS rule using :where() to wrap a pseudo-state, e.g.:
    .textLink:where(:focus-visible) { outline: 1px solid red; }
  4. Toggle the focus-visible pseudo-state in the addon panel
  5. Verify that the outline style is applied with the same weight as the original CSS rule (specificity should remain 0-1-0, not increase to 0-2-0)
  6. Also test a mixed case:
    .textLink:where(:focus-visible):hover { outline: 2px solid blue; }
  7. Toggle both focus-visible and hover, verify styles apply correctly
  8. Compare with the original selector behavior to ensure no unexpected specificity changes

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes

    • Selector rewriting for pseudo-state styles now preserves :where() wrapping per state, avoiding unintended specificity changes and style overrides.
  • New Examples

    • Added interactive examples demonstrating default, hover, focus-visible, and combined behaviors with preserved specificity.
  • Tests

    • Added unit tests covering :where() wrapping, combined selectors, mixed-wrapping, and ordering to ensure correct selector rewriting.

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Detect which pseudo-states were inside :where(...) during extraction and preserve that per-state info when generating ancestor selectors; special-case :host-context(...). Added five tests to verify single, combined, mixed-order, and absent-:where() behaviors.

Changes

CSS Pseudo-State Selector Rewriting

Layer / File(s) Summary
Ancestor selector rewrite & where-wrapped tracking
code/addons/pseudo-states/src/preview/rewriteStyleSheet.ts
extractPseudoStates now records whereWrappedStates (which pseudo-states were inside :where(...)). replacePseudoStatesWithAncestorSelector consumes { withoutPseudoStates, whereWrappedStates } and builds ancestor prefixes using :host(...), :where(...), or a mixed concatenation to preserve per-state wrapping; it also appends into :host-context(...) when applicable.
Test coverage for :where() preservation
code/addons/pseudo-states/src/preview/rewriteStyleSheet.test.ts
Five Vitest tests added: preserve :where(:focus-visible), preserve :where(:hover, :focus-visible), handle mixed :where(:focus-visible):hover and reversed :hover:where(:focus-visible) ordering, and ensure no :where() is introduced when original selector lacks it.
Storybook stories, component, and CSS
code/addons/pseudo-states/src/stories/WhereSelector.stories.tsx, code/addons/pseudo-states/src/stories/WhereSelector.tsx, code/addons/pseudo-states/src/stories/whereselector.css
Add WhereSelector component, Storybook stories for default, hover, focus-visible, and combined states, and CSS that defines .textLink with :where() and mixed pseudo-state selectors used by the stories/tests.
sequenceDiagram
  participant extractPseudoStates
  participant replacePseudoStatesWithAncestorSelector
  participant Storybook/CSS
  extractPseudoStates->>replacePseudoStatesWithAncestorSelector: { withoutPseudoStates, whereWrappedStates }
  replacePseudoStatesWithAncestorSelector->>Storybook/CSS: emit ancestor selectors preserving :where() wrapping
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    • storybookjs/storybook#35060: Also modifies code/addons/pseudo-states/src/preview/rewriteStyleSheet.ts selector rewriting logic (addresses dangling combinator validity after pseudo-state removal).

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In `@code/addons/pseudo-states/src/preview/rewriteStyleSheet.ts`:
- Around line 49-62: The code currently uses a single hadWhereWrapper flag to
decide wrapping all pseudo-state classes in :where(...) when building
ancestorPrefix (in the block computing ancestorPrefix using forShadowDOM,
hadWhereWrapper, selectors), which incorrectly collapses mixed wrapped/unwrapped
pseudo-states; change the extraction/concat logic to track hadWhereWrapper per
matched pseudo-state/group (e.g., store an array of {selectorClass,
hadWhereWrapper} from the extraction step) and then build the ancestor selector
by joining wrapped classes inside a single :where(...) and appending unwrapped
classes outside it (preserving order), so that when you compute ancestorPrefix
(and when handling withoutPseudoStates starting with :host-context(...)) you
only wrap the specific pseudo-state tokens that originally had a :where wrapper
rather than applying hadWhereWrapper globally to selectors or to the entire
selectors string.
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@AliMahmoudDev, unfortunately the command to add labels is blocked due to workflow restriction settings on my end — I'm unable to add labels to PRs in this repository directly. You'll need to ask a maintainer to add them for you.

Here's what I confirmed about the labels:

  • bug — exists in the repo
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Regarding the fix you pushed — thank you for addressing the per-pseudo-state :where() tracking! Handling mixed cases like .textLink:where(:focus-visible):hover (where only some pseudo-states are wrapped in :where()) is the correct approach and much more robust than a single selector-wide flag. I'll take a look at the updated code.

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In `@code/addons/pseudo-states/src/preview/rewriteStyleSheet.test.ts`:
- Around line 562-571: The test expectation is out of sync with
rewriteStyleSheet's output for `.textLink:hover:where(:focus-visible)`; update
the assertions in rewriteStyleSheet.test.ts to expect the implementation's
ordering (`:where(.pseudo-focus-visible-all).pseudo-hover-all`) instead of
`.pseudo-hover-all:where(.pseudo-focus-visible-all)` — locate the test case that
calls new Sheet(...) and rewriteStyleSheet(...) and change the selector
expectation lines (the expectations that currently reference
`.pseudo-hover-all:where(.pseudo-focus-visible-all)` and
`:where(.pseudo-hover-all.pseudo-focus-visible-all)`) to match the produced
selectors from rewriteStyleSheet/Sheet.
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Regarding the per-pseudo-state :where() tracking fix you pushed — that's the right approach. Tracking :where() wrapping individually per pseudo-state (rather than a single selector-wide flag) correctly handles mixed cases like .textLink:where(:focus-visible):hover where only some pseudo-states are wrapped. I'll review the updated changes shortly.

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Thanks for the PR @AliMahmoudDev! This is great stuff!

Could I please ask you to add a story in code/addons/pseudo-states/src/stories/ which matches the reproduction in the original issue? Then, you can either force the addon state in a particular state using parameters/globals, and use a play function to verify the computed CSS properties for the component, or write an E2E test that selects the right value in the addon tool, and the verifies what's on screen?

Doing this will also make it possible to add a test case for components that don't use where but that also rely on CSS ordering.

If you're not sure how to do this, feel free to come on http://discord.com/invite/storybook in the #contributing channel, and we'll be able to help onboard you. We have an office hour every Monday at 3PM CET which you can join too.

Thanks!

Comment on lines +61 to +63
if (whereWrappedStates.size === 0) {
return `${selectors} `;
}

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Genuine question: is there a reason we don't want to also use :where for our pseudostate selector when the existing component selector doesn't use :where?

Why do we need to preserve a higher specificity in that case? Wouldn't we run into the same class of bugs if a user relied on CSS file ordering without where to assign styles?

const wrappedParts = extracted.states
.filter((s) => whereWrappedStates.has(s))
.map((s) => `.pseudo-${s}-all`)
.join('');

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nit: please double check the join content, I'm not sure what extracted contains and can't decide if this is what we want, or if we want a space.

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// Find all :where() block ranges to track per-state wrapping
const whereRanges: Array<{ start: number; end: number }> = [];
const wherePattern = /:where\(/g;
let whereMatch;
while ((whereMatch = wherePattern.exec(selector)) !== null) {
const start = whereMatch.index;
let depth = 1;
let i = start + whereMatch[0].length;
while (i < selector.length && depth > 0) {
if (selector[i] === '(') depth++;
if (selector[i] === ')') depth--;
i++;
}
whereRanges.push({ start, end: i });
}

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nit, maintainability: This is fairly complex. Let's please take a look at whether we can apply where more generally so we can maybe avoid this regexp matching and parsing.

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code/addons/pseudo-states/src/stories/WhereSelector.stories.tsx (2)

4-4: ⚡ Quick win

Remove unused imports.

The imports fn and userEvent are not used anywhere in this file.

🧹 Proposed cleanup
-import { expect, fn, userEvent, waitFor, within } from 'storybook/test';
+import { expect, waitFor, within } from 'storybook/test';
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In `@code/addons/pseudo-states/src/stories/WhereSelector.stories.tsx` at line 4,
The import line in WhereSelector.stories.tsx imports unused symbols `fn` and
`userEvent` from 'storybook/test'; remove `fn` and `userEvent` from that import
so only used symbols (`expect`, `waitFor`, `within`) remain, updating the import
statement accordingly to eliminate the unused imports and satisfy linting.

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Consider using waitFor for consistency.

The Default story doesn't use waitFor, while all other stories do. Although the default state may not require waiting for pseudo-state transformations, there could still be a race condition if stylesheets haven't fully loaded yet. Using waitFor consistently across all stories would make the test suite more robust.

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 export const Default: Story = {
   play: async ({ canvas }) => {
     const link = within(canvas).getByRole('link');
-    await expect(link).toHaveComputedStyle({ color: 'rgb(0, 0, 0)' });
+    await waitFor(async () => {
+      await expect(link).toHaveComputedStyle({ color: 'rgb(0, 0, 0)' });
+    });
   },
 };
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In `@code/addons/pseudo-states/src/stories/WhereSelector.stories.tsx` around lines
18 - 23, Wrap the existing assertion inside a waitFor to match other stories and
avoid potential stylesheet race conditions: in the Default story's play function
(the play block on the Default Story object) import and use waitFor and change
the assertion to await waitFor(() => { const link =
within(canvas).getByRole('link'); expect(link).toHaveComputedStyle({ color:
'rgb(0, 0, 0)' }); }); — keep the same selector
(within(canvas).getByRole('link')) and expectation but run it inside waitFor for
consistency and stability.
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In `@code/addons/pseudo-states/src/stories/WhereSelector.stories.tsx`:
- Around line 18-65: The stories call within(canvas).getByRole('link') but
WhereSelector renders an <a> without href so it has no implicit link role;
update the exported Story objects (Default, Hover, FocusVisible,
FocusVisibleAndHover) to include args: { href: '#', children: 'Link' } (or
equivalent props) so the rendered <a> has the link role and the play() queries
succeed; alternatively, if you prefer not to add href, change the queries in the
play() functions to target the actual rendered element (e.g.,
getByText('Link')).

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In `@code/addons/pseudo-states/src/stories/WhereSelector.stories.tsx`:
- Line 4: The import line in WhereSelector.stories.tsx imports unused symbols
`fn` and `userEvent` from 'storybook/test'; remove `fn` and `userEvent` from
that import so only used symbols (`expect`, `waitFor`, `within`) remain,
updating the import statement accordingly to eliminate the unused imports and
satisfy linting.
- Around line 18-23: Wrap the existing assertion inside a waitFor to match other
stories and avoid potential stylesheet race conditions: in the Default story's
play function (the play block on the Default Story object) import and use
waitFor and change the assertion to await waitFor(() => { const link =
within(canvas).getByRole('link'); expect(link).toHaveComputedStyle({ color:
'rgb(0, 0, 0)' }); }); — keep the same selector
(within(canvas).getByRole('link')) and expectation but run it inside waitFor for
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export const Default: Story = {
play: async ({ canvas }) => {
const link = within(canvas).getByRole('link');
await expect(link).toHaveComputedStyle({ color: 'rgb(0, 0, 0)' });
},
};

export const Hover: Story = {
parameters: {
pseudo: { hover: true },
},
play: async ({ canvas }) => {
const link = within(canvas).getByRole('link');
await waitFor(async () => {
await expect(link).toHaveComputedStyle({ color: 'rgb(255, 0, 0)' });
});
},
};

export const FocusVisible: Story = {
parameters: {
pseudo: { focusVisible: true },
},
play: async ({ canvas }) => {
const link = within(canvas).getByRole('link');
await waitFor(async () => {
// The :where(:focus-visible) rule has specificity 0-1-0, same as :hover.
// With the fix, the ancestor selector also has specificity 0-1-0,
// so focus-visible correctly applies blue (comes after hover in the stylesheet).
await expect(link).toHaveComputedStyle({ color: 'rgb(0, 0, 255)' });
});
},
};

export const FocusVisibleAndHover: Story = {
parameters: {
pseudo: { focusVisible: true, hover: true },
},
play: async ({ canvas }) => {
const link = within(canvas).getByRole('link');
await waitFor(async () => {
// Both states active: mixed :where() wrapping means :focus-visible is wrapped
// but :hover is not, so both selectors contribute. The combined rule
// .textLink:where(:focus-visible):hover should make the text bold.
await expect(link).toHaveComputedStyle({ fontWeight: '700' });
});
},
};

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dom-accessibility-api aria-query implicit role link for <a> without href getByRole('link')

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In the context of the DOM accessibility API and testing frameworks like Testing Library, an <a> element without an href attribute does not have the implicit link role [1][2][3]. According to the HTML Accessibility API Mappings (HTML-AAM) specification, the accessibility role of an <a> element is determined by the presence of the href attribute [2][4]: * With href: The element is assigned the implicit link role [1][5][2]. * Without href: The element is considered a placeholder and is assigned a generic role (or no specific semantic role) [2][6][3]. Because Testing Library's getByRole query relies on the accessibility tree—which is generated based on these standards—it will not find an <a> tag that lacks an href attribute when queried for the link role [7][8][9]. This behavior is intentional and reflects how browsers and assistive technologies treat these elements; an anchor without an href is generally not navigable via keyboard as a link would be [9]. If you need to select such an element, you would need to use a different selector (such as getByRole('generic') or a CSS selector like querySelector('a')) or, ideally, ensure the element is semantically correct for its intended use (e.g., using a <button> if it triggers an action) [7][8][9].

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Fix getByRole('link')WhereSelector renders an <a> without href in these stories

WhereSelector returns <a {...props} ... /> and none of the stories pass href (or children) via args, so the element won’t have the implicit accessible “link” role; within(canvas).getByRole('link') can’t reliably find it.

  • Add args: { href: '#', children: 'Link' } (or otherwise ensure href is present), or switch the query to the actual role you’re rendering.
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In `@code/addons/pseudo-states/src/stories/WhereSelector.stories.tsx` around lines
18 - 65, The stories call within(canvas).getByRole('link') but WhereSelector
renders an <a> without href so it has no implicit link role; update the exported
Story objects (Default, Hover, FocusVisible, FocusVisibleAndHover) to include
args: { href: '#', children: 'Link' } (or equivalent props) so the rendered <a>
has the link role and the play() queries succeed; alternatively, if you prefer
not to add href, change the queries in the play() functions to target the actual
rendered element (e.g., getByText('Link')).

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@AliMahmoudDev FYI.

Have you run the test locally? You can run it by doing this

  • Create a sandbox (yarn task sandbox) and select react-vite/default-ts
  • Run that sandbox on port 6006
  • Uncomment lines 7 and 8 in code/playwright.config.ts
  • Run the test suite

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@Sidnioulz Sidnioulz changed the title Addon Pseudo-states: Handle :where() wrapping in CSS selector substitution Pseudo States: Handle :where() wrapping in CSS selector substitution Jun 5, 2026
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Thanks @Sidnioulz! Honestly I didn't run the play function tests locally — I wrote them based on the CSS specificity behavior but should have verified. I'll keep the sandbox setup instructions in mind for next time.

Let's see how they go in CI. I just noticed this PR was missing the label to run end-to-end tests. If CodeRabbit is right, there should be a failure for you to fix.

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@AliMahmoudDev see the CI errors! yarn fmt:write and yarn task check should really be run any time before committing. Make sure your agent respects pre-commit hooks to avoid mistakes too.

You can see that some of your tests are failing. Please make sure you run them locally before committing!
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@AliMahmoudDev could you please go through the review comments and CI failures? Thanks.

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@AliMahmoudDev, I tried again but adding labels is still blocked by workflow restriction settings on my end — I'm unable to apply them directly.

Your best bet is to ping a maintainer directly on this PR. Since @Sidnioulz is already actively reviewing, you could ask them to add the labels. Alternatively, you can reach out via the Storybook Discord.

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