Support :first-line

[dmoonfire]

In the process of publishing a book, the current one uses :first-line (or ::first-line) for the leading paragraph of each chapter (effectively p:nth-child(1):first-line). However, it appears that neither :first-line or ::first-line doesn't work.

weasyprint first-line-formatting.html first-line-formatting.pdf

However, if you open it in Chrome or Firefox, you can see it formatting correctly.

I also tried this against the master branch and it still had a problem.

Thank you!

first-line-formatting.zip

[liZe]

Hello,

Thank you for this bug report! :first-line is actually one of the few CSS2 features that are not supported yet. I’ve tried many times to implement the feature, it seams pretty easy, but I couldn’t fine a clean way to do this.

If someone has an idea and want to propose a pull request, that would be wonderful.

[dmoonfire]

I apologize for not seeing it in the list of features not supported, I must have missed it.

[liZe]

I apologize for not seeing it in the list of features not supported, I must have missed it.

No problem, that’s a good idea to have issues about missing features people are interested in.

[grewn0uille]

Hello!

(The survey is now closed. Thanks for all your answers! We’ll share the results soon 😉)

If you’re interested in :first-line, we created a short survey where you can give a boost to this feature and help us to improve WeasyPrint 😉

Vote for it!

[grewn0uille]

Hello!

As it’s soon our 2-year anniversary as CourtBouillon, we opened a short survey to know more about your expectations.
Don’t hesitate to support this feature and give it a boost 🚀!

The survey will be opened until October 10th.

Update: the survey is now closed. You can find the results here.

[grewn0uille]

Hello!

As you may know, two weeks ago was CourtBouillon 3-year anniversary 🎉.

For this occasion, we prepared a short survey to have your opinion on this year’s features and to know what you’d like to see in the future!
Don’t hesitate to give a boost to this feature ✨️

The survey is opened until November 19.