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static Class Selector

Provides support for using CSS selectors to query the DOM

Properties

operators - object

List of operators and corresponding boolean functions. These functions are passed the attribute and the current node's value of the attribute.

PARENT_NODE - object

Provides helper methods for collecting and filtering DOM elements.

shorthand - object

Mapping of shorthand tokens to corresponding attribute selector

Methods

_tokenize

void _tokenize ( )
Break selector into token units per simple selector. Combinator is attached to the previous token.

ancestor

static HTMLElement ancestor ( element , selector , testSelf )
A convenience function to emulate Y.Node's aNode.ancestor(selector).
Parameters:
element <HTMLElement> An HTMLElement to start the query from.
selector <String> The CSS selector to test the node against.
testSelf <Boolean> optional Whether or not to include the element in the scan
Returns: HTMLElement
The ancestor node matching the selector, or null.

query

static Array query ( selector , root , firstOnly )
Retrieves a set of nodes based on a given CSS selector.
Parameters:
selector <string> The CSS Selector to test the node against.
root <HTMLElement> optional An HTMLElement to start the query from. Defaults to Y.config.doc
firstOnly <Boolean> optional Whether or not to return only the first match.
Returns: Array
An array of nodes that match the given selector.

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