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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/DocSidebarItem/Category/styles.module.css
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line-clamp: 2;
-webkit-box-orient: vertical;
-webkit-line-clamp: 2;
padding-bottom: 1px;
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line-clamp: 2;
-webkit-box-orient: vertical;
-webkit-line-clamp: 2;
padding-bottom: 1px;

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Minor · Functional Correctness · Poor tradeoff

Supported by static analysis

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sed -n '1,120p' packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/DocSidebarItem/Link/styles.module.css
sed -n '1,120p' packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/DocSidebarItem/Category/styles.module.css
rg -n 'browserslist|line-clamp|line-height' packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/DocSidebarItem package.json | head -100

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git diff b2c4dd557447c8e56a1f967e527f2ac220994ba4 5ad70dca56c3eccd5b689ffa66e18b22c20ccdf6 -- packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/DocSidebarItem
for f in packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/DocSidebarItem/{Link,Category}/styles.module.css packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/DocSidebarItem/{Link,Category}/index.tsx packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/DocSidebarItem/__tests__/index.test.ts; do echo "===== $f"; nl -ba "$f"; done
rg -n -F -e 'browserslist' -e 'firefox' -- package.json packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/package.json .browserslistrc browserslist 2>/dev/null || test "$?" -eq 1

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CSS -webkit-line-clamp padding extra lines visible padding browser legacy line clamp specification

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- line-clamp CSS property - CSS | MDN — https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Reference/Properties/line-clamp
- CSS Overflow Module Level 4 — https://www.w3.org/TR/css-overflow-4/
- 250071 – Regression: -webkit-line-clamp with overflow: visible sizes the container to the height of the unclamped contents (IFC) — https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=250071
- 274308 – (regression) -webkit-line-clamp showing one line less line with inline-block — https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=274308
- design-reviews#1287: Other Spec Review: CSS line-clamp — https://tag-github-bot.w3.org/gh/w3ctag/design-reviews/1287
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site:github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts webkit line clamp padding bottom overflow hidden third line padding box

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- [css-overflow] convert -webkit-line-clamp alias requirement into a spec issue · Issue #2847 · w3c/csswg-drafts · GitHub — GitHub issue 2847 in w3c/csswg-drafts (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
- [css-overflow-3] What does it mean for `text-overflow: ellipsis` to clip the first character of a line? · Issue #9545 · w3c/csswg-drafts · GitHub — GitHub issue 9545 in w3c/csswg-drafts (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
- [css-overflow] Clarify reasoning for making unprefixed line-clamp work on `-webkit-box` · Issue #14357 · w3c/csswg-drafts · GitHub — GitHub issue 14357 in w3c/csswg-drafts (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
- csswg-drafts/css-overflow-3/Overview.bs at main · w3c/csswg-drafts · GitHub — https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/blob/main/css-overflow-3/Overview.bs
- [css-overflow] Is shipping line-clamp: -webkit-legacy acceptable? · Issue #14189 · w3c/csswg-drafts — GitHub issue 14189 in w3c/csswg-drafts (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
- …and 7 more

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site:developer.chrome.com line clamp padding overflow hidden padding box extra lines -webkit-line-clamp

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- CSS Layouts and Responsive Design | Modern Web Guidance | Chrome for Developers — https://developer.chrome.com/docs/modern-web-guidance/guides/css/css-layout?hl=en
- Overflow Clipping Control | Modern Web Guidance | Chrome for Developers — https://developer.chrome.com/docs/modern-web-guidance/guides/css/overflow-clipping-control
- Deprecations and removals in Chrome 85 | Blog | Chrome for Developers — https://developer.chrome.com/blog/chrome-85-deps-rems/
- Deprecations and Removals in Chrome 67 | Blog | Chrome for Developers — https://developer.chrome.com/blog/chrome-67-deps-rems/
- Bố cục CSS và thiết kế đáp ứng | Modern Web Guidance | Chrome for Developers — https://developer.chrome.com/docs/modern-web-guidance/guides/css/css-layout?hl=vi
- …and 7 more

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CSS overflow hidden clipped padding box W3C specification overflow clip edge

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Sources consulted:
- CSS Overflow Module Level 3 — https://www.w3.org/TR/css-overflow/
- CSS Overflow Module Level 3 — https://www.w3.org/TR/css-overflow-3/
- overflow CSS property - CSS | MDN — https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Reference/Properties/overflow
- Cascading Style Sheets Level 2 Revision 1 (CSS 2.1) Specification — https://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/css2.pdf
- CSS Overflow Module Level 3 — https://www.w3.org/TR/css-overflow-3/Overview.html
- …and 27 more

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rg -n -F -e 'menu__link' -e 'ifm-menu-link-padding' -- packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src | sed -n '1,180p'
rg -n -F -e '@docusaurus/infima' -e 'infima' -e 'browserslist' -- package.json packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/package.json yarn.lock | sed -n '1,100p'
rg -n -F -e 'customCss' -e '--ifm-font-family-base' -e '--ifm-line-height-base' -- packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/package.json website/src | sed -n '1,120p'

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site:issues.chromium.org "-webkit-line-clamp" "padding" extra line text overflow hidden

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- [WPT] New failures introduced in external/wpt/html/semantics/forms/the-select-element by import https://crrev.com/c/8408321 [562303034] - Chromium — https://issues.chromium.org/issues/562303034
- [40727313] - Chromium — https://issues.chromium.org/issues/40727313
- [447136656] - Chromium — https://issues.chromium.org/issues/447136656

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site:bugzilla.mozilla.org "-webkit-line-clamp" "padding" third line overflow hidden

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Sources consulted:
- 866102 - (webkit-line-clamp) ellipsis multiple lines text doesn't work (i.e. add support for -webkit-line-clamp) — https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=866102
- 866102 - (webkit-line-clamp) ellipsis multiple lines text doesn't work (i.e. add support for -webkit-line-clamp) — https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=WebKit-line-clamp
- 2064696 - [Experiment] The primary button of the Privacy widget is partially cut at the bottom when the widget is displayed with longer strings on IT locale — https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2064696

Web query:

site:github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts "line-clamp" "padding" "lines" hidden

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- csswg-drafts/css-overflow-3/Overview.bs at main · w3c/csswg-drafts · GitHub — https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/blob/main/css-overflow-3/Overview.bs
- Line Clamping not working as expected · tailwindlabs tailwindcss · Discussion #12095 · GitHub — GitHub discussion 12095 in tailwindlabs/tailwindcss (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
- wpt/css/css-overflow/line-clamp/block-ellipsis-repaint-003.html at master · web-platform-tests/wpt · GitHub — https://github.com/web-platform-tests/wpt/blob/master/css/css-overflow/line-clamp/block-ellipsis-repaint-003.html
- …and 21 more

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rg -n -F -e 'infima:' -e 'infima@' -e 'infima/' -- pnpm-lock.yaml pnpm-workspace.yaml package.json packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src || test "$?" -eq 1
nl -ba packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/index.ts | sed -n '35,90p'
rg -n -F -e 'sidebar' -e 'menu__link' -- packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/DocSidebar/Desktop packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/DocSidebar/Mobile packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/css || test "$?" -eq 1

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for f in packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/DocSidebar/Desktop/Content/index.tsx packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/DocSidebar/Desktop/Content/styles.module.css packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/DocSidebar/Desktop/styles.module.css packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/DocSidebarItem/Link/index.tsx; do echo "===== $f"; nl -ba "$f"; done
echo '===== Pinned Infima menu CSS from npm CDN'
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s=sys.stdin.read()
for m in re.finditer(r"[^{}]*\.menu__(?:link|list-item)[^{}]*\{[^{}]*\}",s):
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Keep third-line fragments out of the padding.

With tightly spaced fonts, a label that wraps to three lines can show part of the third line in the new padding. This affects category labels too. Preserve the descender clearance without exposing clamped text.

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Review comment at
@packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/DocSidebarItem/Link/styles.module.css
at line 18:
Adjust the label styling around the padding-bottom declaration so tightly spaced
fonts retain descender clearance without allowing a clamped third line to become
visible. Apply the same behavior to category labels and preserve the existing
line clamp.

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/**
* Copyright (c) Facebook, Inc. and its affiliates.
*
* This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
* LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
*/

import fs from 'node:fs';
import path from 'node:path';
import {describe, expect, it} from 'vitest';

describe('DocSidebarItem label styles', () => {
it('DocSidebarItem/Link contains bottom padding to prevent Firefox descender clipping', () => {
const cssPath = path.resolve(__dirname, '../Link/styles.module.css');
const cssContent = fs.readFileSync(cssPath, 'utf8');

expect(cssContent).toMatch(/\.linkLabel\s*\{[^}]*line-clamp:\s*2/);
expect(cssContent).toMatch(/\.linkLabel\s*\{[^}]*padding-bottom:\s*1px/);
});

it('DocSidebarItem/Category contains bottom padding to prevent Firefox descender clipping', () => {
const cssPath = path.resolve(__dirname, '../Category/styles.module.css');
const cssContent = fs.readFileSync(cssPath, 'utf8');

expect(cssContent).toMatch(/\.categoryLinkLabel\s*\{[^}]*line-clamp:\s*2/);
expect(cssContent).toMatch(/\.categoryLinkLabel\s*\{[^}]*padding-bottom:\s*1px/);
});
});