Summary
Returns a list of the elements within the document (using depth-first pre-order traversal of the document's nodes) that match the specified group of selectors. The object returned is a NodeList .
Syntax
elementList = document.querySelectorAll(selectors );
where
elementList
is a non-live NodeList of element objects.selectors
is a string containing one or more CSS selectors separated by commas.
The returned NodeList will contain all the elements in the document that are matched by any of the specified selectors.
Example
This example returns a list of all div
elements within the document
with a class of either "note
" or "alert
":
1 | var matches = document.querySelectorAll( "div.note, div.alert" ); |
Notes
Returns a non-live NodeList
of all the matching element nodes.
Throws a SYNTAX_ERR
exception if the specified group of selectors is invalid.
querySelectorAll()
was introduced in the WebApps API.
Browser compatibility
Browser | Support | Notes |
---|---|---|
Internet Explorer | 8 | |
Firefox (Gecko) | 3.5 (1.9.1) | |
Opera | 10 | |
Chrome | 1 | |
Safari (webkit) | 3.2 (525.3) | webk.it/16587 |