Fix incorrect selectors when using @apply in selectors with combina…

…tors and pseudos (#9722)

* sort tags, classes and pseudos per group (separated by combinators)

* use default behaviour of sort

* update changelog

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Fix merging of arrays during config resolution ([#9706](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/issues/9706))
 - Ensure configured `font-feature-settings` are included in Preflight ([#9707](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/9707))
 - Fix fractional values not being parsed properly inside arbitrary properties ([#9705](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/9705))
+- Fix incorrect selectors when using `@apply` in selectors with combinators and pseudos ([#9722](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/9722))
 
 ## [3.2.1] - 2022-10-21
 

src/lib/expandApplyAtRules.js

@@ -346,22 +346,42 @@ function processApply(root, context, localCache) {
         })
       })
 
-      // Sort tag names before class names
+      // Sort tag names before class names (but only sort each group (separated by a combinator)
+      // separately and not in total)
       // This happens when replacing `.bar` in `.foo.bar` with a tag like `section`
-      for (const sel of replaced) {
-        sel.sort((a, b) => {
-          if (a.type === 'tag' && b.type === 'class') {
-            return -1
-          } else if (a.type === 'class' && b.type === 'tag') {
-            return 1
-          } else if (a.type === 'class' && b.type === 'pseudo') {
-            return -1
-          } else if (a.type === 'pseudo' && b.type === 'class') {
-            return 1
+      for (let sel of replaced) {
+        let groups = [[]]
+        for (let node of sel.nodes) {
+          if (node.type === 'combinator') {
+            groups.push(node)
+            groups.push([])
+          } else {
+            let last = groups[groups.length - 1]
+            last.push(node)
           }
+        }
 
-          return sel.index(a) - sel.index(b)
-        })
+        sel.nodes = []
+
+        for (let group of groups) {
+          if (Array.isArray(group)) {
+            group.sort((a, b) => {
+              if (a.type === 'tag' && b.type === 'class') {
+                return -1
+              } else if (a.type === 'class' && b.type === 'tag') {
+                return 1
+              } else if (a.type === 'class' && b.type === 'pseudo') {
+                return -1
+              } else if (a.type === 'pseudo' && b.type === 'class') {
+                return 1
+              }
+
+              return 0
+            })
+          }
+
+          sel.nodes = sel.nodes.concat(group)
+        }
       }
 
       sel.replaceWith(...replaced)
@@ -382,7 +402,7 @@ function processApply(root, context, localCache) {
 
     if (apply.parent.type === 'atrule') {
       if (apply.parent.name === 'screen') {
-        const screenType = apply.parent.params
+        let screenType = apply.parent.params
 
         throw apply.error(
           `@apply is not supported within nested at-rules like @screen. We suggest you write this as @apply ${applyCandidates
@@ -414,7 +434,7 @@ function processApply(root, context, localCache) {
     }
   }
 
-  for (const [parent, [candidates, atApplySource]] of perParentApplies) {
+  for (let [parent, [candidates, atApplySource]] of perParentApplies) {
     let siblings = []
 
     for (let [applyCandidate, important, rules] of candidates) {

tests/apply.test.js

@@ -1691,3 +1691,53 @@ it('should not replace multiple instances of the same class in a single selector
     }
   `)
 })
+
+it('should maintain the correct selector when applying other utilities', () => {
+  let config = {
+    content: [
+      {
+        raw: html`
+          <div>
+            <div class="check"></div>
+          </div>
+        `,
+      },
+    ],
+  }
+
+  let input = css`
+    @tailwind utilities;
+
+    .foo:hover.bar .baz {
+      @apply bg-black;
+      color: red;
+    }
+
+    .foo:hover.bar > .baz {
+      @apply bg-black;
+      color: red;
+    }
+  `
+
+  return run(input, config).then((result) => {
+    expect(result.css).toMatchFormattedCss(css`
+      .foo.bar:hover .baz {
+        --tw-bg-opacity: 1;
+        background-color: rgb(0 0 0 / var(--tw-bg-opacity));
+      }
+
+      .foo:hover.bar .baz {
+        color: red;
+      }
+
+      .foo.bar:hover > .baz {
+        --tw-bg-opacity: 1;
+        background-color: rgb(0 0 0 / var(--tw-bg-opacity));
+      }
+
+      .foo:hover.bar > .baz {
+        color: red;
+      }
+    `)
+  })
+})