Super fast css selector engine with CSS4 selector API support

Goal

Support CSS3 as well as part of CSS4 selector API
Be lightweight
Be fastest
Be customizable
Optimised for IE < 8

Shims

document.querySelector
document.querySelectorAll
document.getElementsByClassName for IE < 9
document.documentElement.querySelector
document.documentElement.querySelectorAll
document.documentElement.getElementsByClassName
document.documentElement.matchesSelector
document.documentElement.matches
Element.prototype.querySelector
Element.prototype.querySelectorAll
Element.prototype.getElementsByClassName for IE < 9
Element.prototype.matchesSelector
Element.prototype.matches

CSS4 Supporting selectors

Subject of a selector

document.querySelector("div! a[href*=twitter]");// div that has **a** element with _href_ attribute that contains "twitter"
document.querySelectorAll("body footer! div");// NodeList:[footer], if <footer> is in <body> and <footer> contains <div>

:scope pseudo-class

<div node>.querySelector("div:scope a");// if <div node>.tagName == "DIV" -> result is <a> element, child of <div node>
<node>.querySelectorAll(":scope>*");// all direct childs or <node>
document.documentElement.querySelector(":scope>*");// regulary would be <head>
document.documentElement.querySelector(":scope>*:nth-child(2n+1)");// regulary would be <head> also
document.documentElement.querySelector(":scope>*:nth-child(2n+2)");// regulary would be <body>

Note: :scope pseudo-class not in first compound selector not supported! This examples will throw "SYNTAX_ERR" exception:

document.querySelector("div div:scope a")

Reference combination

Working on it

Installation

Without IE6/7 support:

     <script src="__COMPILED/CSS_selector_engine.js"></script>

With IE6/7 support:

     <!--[if lt IE 8]>
 	<script src="__COMPILED/CSS_selector_engine.ielt8.js"></script>
 	<![endif]-->
 	<!--[if gt IE 7]><!-->
 	<script src="__COMPILED/CSS_selector_engine.js"></script>
 	<!--<![endif]-->

Using in IE < 8

var $$ = function(node, selector) {
    return document.documentElement.querySelectorAll.call(node, selector)
}
var $$0 = function(node, selector) {
    return document.documentElement.querySelector.call(node, selector)
}
var matchNode = function(node, selector) {
    return document.documentElement.matches.call(node, selector)
}

matchNode( $$(document, "div.class")[0], "div.class" ) == true

Customization

The are few GGC flags in script. You can set it as you need and compile script with GGC in ADVANCED_OPTIMIZATIONS mode.

Build for non-IE lt 8

set the value of '__GCC__NOT_ONLY_IELT8_SUPPORT__' to 'true' and compile CSS_selector_engine.js using Google Closure Compiler

License

MIT

termi/CSS_selector_engine

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