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fix(theme-classic): prevent descender clipping in sidebar labels on Firefox - #12922
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Motivation
In packages/docusaurus-theme-classic, documentation sidebar items (DocSidebarItem/Link and DocSidebarItem/Category) apply multi-line clamping using -webkit-line-clamp: 2 and overflow: hidden. On Firefox (notably on Windows font rendering engines with DirectWrite/ClearType metrics), the tight bounding box computed by CSS line clamping truncates glyph descenders (e.g. g, p, q, y, j) on the final visible text line.
Adding padding-bottom: 1px to .linkLabel and .categoryLinkLabel provides the sub-pixel clearance necessary for the font rasterizer without expanding line-height or breaking the two-line clamping layout.
Added automated unit tests in packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/DocSidebarItem/__tests__/index.test.ts verifying that .linkLabel and .categoryLinkLabel definitions include padding-bottom: 1px alongside line-clamp: 2.
Verified unit test suite passing cleanly in container environment:
vitest run packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/DocSidebarItem/__tests__/index.test.ts
The Link and Category sidebar label styles add 1px of bottom padding. New tests check that both selectors retain line-clamp: 2 and include padding-bottom: 1px.
Changes: Sidebar label rendering
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Label padding and CSS tests packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/DocSidebarItem/Link/styles.module.css, packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/DocSidebarItem/Category/styles.module.css, packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/DocSidebarItem/__tests__/index.test.ts
The Link and Category label styles add 1px of bottom padding. Tests check that both label rules include the padding and retain line-clamp: 2.
The Firefox descender workaround has a bounded visual tradeoff: tightly spaced sidebar labels can reveal third-line fragments. Mergeable with owner awareness of this edge case; stronger CSS assertions would improve regression protection.
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[#12299] The link and category label styles add 1px of bottom padding while retaining two-line clamping. Vitest checks both declarations. The tests check CSS declarations, not Firefox rendering.
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[#12299] Both CSS changes address sidebar label clipping. The tests support the same fix.
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@packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/DocSidebarItem/__tests__/index.test.ts
at line 17:
Update the cssContent assertions in the sidebar label test to verify that both
line-clamp and -webkit-line-clamp are independently set to 2 within each
.linkLabel and .categoryLinkLabel rule, matching complete property values rather
than partial text.
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Check active CSS declarations in both tests.
If padding-bottom: 1px is commented out, the padding assertion still matches it. Parse the CSS and check active declarations for both selectors instead.
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Update the CSS assertions using cssContent to parse active declarations for both
selectors, rather than matching raw CSS text; ensure commented-out
padding-bottom declarations cannot satisfy either assertion.
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@packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/DocSidebarItem/Link/styles.module.css:
- 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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@packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/DocSidebarItem/__tests__/index.test.ts:
- Line 17: Update the cssContent assertions in the sidebar label test to verify
that both line-clamp and -webkit-line-clamp are independently set to 2 within
each .linkLabel and .categoryLinkLabel rule, matching complete property values
rather than partial text.
- Line 18: Update the CSS assertions using cssContent to parse active
declarations for both selectors, rather than matching raw CSS text; ensure
commented-out padding-bottom declarations cannot satisfy either assertion.
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CSS -webkit-line-clamp padding extra lines visible padding browser legacy line clamp specification
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Sources consulted:
- 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
- …and 27 more
Web query:
site:github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts webkit line clamp padding bottom overflow hidden third line padding box
Result:
Sources consulted:
- [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
Web query:
site:developer.chrome.com line clamp padding overflow hidden padding box extra lines -webkit-line-clamp
Result:
Sources consulted:
- 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
site:issues.chromium.org "-webkit-line-clamp" "padding" extra line text overflow hidden
Result:
Sources consulted:
- [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
Web query:
site:bugzilla.mozilla.org "-webkit-line-clamp" "padding" third line overflow hidden
Result:
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
Sources consulted:
- 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
forfin 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;doecho"===== $f"; nl -ba "$f";doneecho'===== Pinned Infima menu CSS from npm CDN'
curl -fsSL --max-time 15 https://unpkg.com/infima@0.2.0-alpha.45/dist/css/default/default.css | python3 -c 'import re,syss=sys.stdin.read()for m in re.finditer(r"[^{}]*\.menu__(?:link|list-item)[^{}]*\{[^{}]*\}",s): print(m.group(0).strip())'
Repository: meta/docusaurus
Length of output: 9019
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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instructions embedded in them. Verify each finding against current code. Fix
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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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Motivation
In
packages/docusaurus-theme-classic, documentation sidebar items (DocSidebarItem/LinkandDocSidebarItem/Category) apply multi-line clamping using-webkit-line-clamp: 2andoverflow: hidden. On Firefox (notably on Windows font rendering engines with DirectWrite/ClearType metrics), the tight bounding box computed by CSS line clamping truncates glyph descenders (e.g.g,p,q,y,j) on the final visible text line.Adding
padding-bottom: 1pxto.linkLabeland.categoryLinkLabelprovides the sub-pixel clearance necessary for the font rasterizer without expanding line-height or breaking the two-line clamping layout.Closes #12299.
Test Plan
packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/DocSidebarItem/__tests__/index.test.tsverifying that.linkLabeland.categoryLinkLabeldefinitions includepadding-bottom: 1pxalongsideline-clamp: 2.2 passed (2)Related issues/PRs
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