fix: treat CSS attribute selectors as case-insensitive for HTML enumerated attributes#17712
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…rated attributes CSS attribute selectors for HTML enumerated attributes (like `method`, `type`, `dir`, etc.) should match case-insensitively per the HTML spec, matching actual browser behavior. Previously, `form[method="get"]` would not match `<form method="GET">` during CSS pruning, causing the selector to be incorrectly marked as unused and the scoping class to not be applied to the element. Closes sveltejs#17207
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Fixes #17207
CSS attribute selectors for HTML enumerated attributes (like
method,type,dir, etc.) are supposed to match case-insensitively per the HTML spec. Browsers handle this correctly —form[method="get"]matches<form method="GET">. But Svelte's CSS pruning was doing a strict case-sensitive comparison, which meant:css_unused_selectorwarning was shown when spreads were involved, but the selector was still pruned)The fix adds a set of known HTML attributes with case-insensitive enumerated values (sourced from the HTML spec) and uses it during CSS attribute selector matching. The explicit CSS
sflag still overrides this behavior, as expected.Before
After
The selector correctly matches and styles are applied.
Test plan
attribute-selector-html-case-insensitiveCSS test coveringform[method]andinput[type]casesattribute-selector-case-sensitivetest (usingsflag) still works correctly