DocumentFragment: querySelector() method
The DocumentFragment.querySelector()
method returns the first element, or null
if no matches are found, within the DocumentFragment
(using depth-first pre-order traversal of the document's nodes) that matches the specified group of selectors.
If the selector matches an ID and this ID is erroneously used several times in the document, it returns the first matching element.
If the selectors specified in parameter are invalid a DOMException
with a SYNTAX_ERR
value is raised.
Syntax
Parameters
selectors
-
A string containing one or more CSS selectors separated by commas.
Return value
An Element
object representing the first element in the document that matches the specified set of CSS selectors, or null
is returned if there are no matches.
Examples
Basic example
In this basic example, the first element in the DocumentFragment
with the class "myclass
" is returned:
const el = documentfragment.querySelector(".myclass");
CSS syntax and the method's argument
The string argument pass to querySelector
must follow the CSS syntax. To match ID or selectors that do not follow the CSS syntax (by using semicolon or space inappropriately for example), it's mandatory to escape the wrong character with a double back slash:
<div id="foo\bar"></div>
<div id="foo:bar"></div>
<script>
document.querySelector("#foo\bar");
document.querySelector("#foo\\\\bar");
document.querySelector("#foo:bar");
document.querySelector("#foo\\:bar");
</script>
Specifications
Browser compatibility
|
Desktop |
Mobile |
|
Chrome |
Edge |
Firefox |
Internet Explorer |
Opera |
Safari |
WebView Android |
Chrome Android |
Firefox for Android |
Opera Android |
Safari on IOS |
Samsung Internet |
querySelector |
2 |
12 |
3.5 |
98querySelectorAll() is supported, but only for CSS 2.1 selectors.
|
10 |
4 |
≤37 |
18 |
4 |
10.1 |
3 |
1.0 |
See also