CSS: How to target ::slotted siblings in Shadow DOM root?

Sure you can select siblings of slots / slotted.

The thing you can not do is select a element which has been slotted and is not a top-level node.

Select siblings:

slot[name=<slotname>] ~ <selector>

Select slotted top-level node

::slotted(<compound-selector>)

A compound-selector contains a tag/class/id/name etc. but must not have any combinators. Like <space> for example.

.myClass OK

<anyTag>[<anyAttribute>[=<anyValue>]] OK

.<myClass> > .<anotherClass> NO

Examples

var element = document.querySelector('.templateMe');
var shadow = element.attachShadow({mode: 'open'});
var template = document.querySelector('.myTemplate');
shadow.appendChild(template.content.cloneNode(true));
<template class="myTemplate">
  <style type="text/css">
    ::slotted([slot=slot1]) { /* slot1 every slotted element - YES */
      color: red;
    }
    
    slot[name=slot1] { /* slot1 itself - YES */
      text-decoration: underline;
    }
    
    slot[name=slot1] + .siblingA { /* slot1 siblingA (direct sibling) - YES */
      color: green;
    }
    
    slot[name=slot1]  ~ .siblingB { /* slot1 siblingB (any sibling) - YES */
      color: orange;
    }
    
    slot[name=slot2]::slotted(.selectMeA) { /* slot2 TOP-LEVEL CHILD (slotted) - YES */
      color: purple;
    }
    
    slot[name=slot2]::slotted(.selectMeB) { /* slot2 NOT TOP-LEVEL CHILD - NO */
      font-weight: bold;
    }
    
    slot[name=slot2]::slotted(.selectMeC[name=myName]) { /* slot2 TOP-LEVEL CHILD (slotted) - YES */
      color: khaki;
    }
    
    slot[name=slot2] + .siblingC { /* slot2 sibling - YES */
      color: blue;
    }
    
  </style>
  <div>
    <slot name="slot1"></slot>
    <div class="siblingA">Sibling A of Slot 1</div>
    <div class="siblingB">Sibling B of Slot 1</div>
  </div>
  <hr/>
  <div>
    <slot name="slot2"></slot>
    <div class="siblingC">Sibling C of Slot 2</div>
  </div>
</template>

<div class='templateMe'>
  <span slot="slot1">Im in Solt 1</span>
  <span slot="slot2" class="selectMeA">
    Im in Solt 2, im selectable.
    <div class='selectMeB'>
      NOT selectable (because no top level node of slotted)!
    </div>
  </span>
  <span slot="slot2" class="selectMeC" name="myName">Im in Solt 2 too and selectable!</span>
</div>

More here.

slotted elements (coming from light DOM), ::slotted(selector) allows to select slotted elements themselves, but not their children.


DOM that is placed into a slot is supposed to be controlled by the CSS that owns that DOM and not by the Custom Element.

The Web Component it allowed very minor CSS control over the DOM that is placed into your Slot. Pretty much just the top level elements (And things that are auto inherited by child nodes.)

This was a conscious decision and will probably never change.

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