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Right now, Netbeans supports CSS2 attribute selectors as far as I can tell. However, a portion of the CSS3 selectors (specifically section 6.3.2, see URL) are not supported. and currently generate unexpected symbol errors within the Tasks pane. Couldn't find any dupes and this stuff isn't in wide use yet, so I'm filing as an enhancement.
css3 is already supported