[whatwg] getElementsByIdPart

On Tue, 24 Aug 2004, Anne van Kesteren wrote:
> > >
> > > I've added a getElementsByClass() method to the Web Apps spec draft which
> > > is probably a more semantically correct solution:
> > > 
> > >    http://whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#selecting
> 
> Can't we have 'getElementBySelector()'[1]? I guess that would be even more
> useful.
> 
> [1]<http://simon.incutio.com/archive/2003/03/25/getElementsBySelector>

I imagine the CSS working group will get around to specifying that one 
day. I would recommend raising this on www-style.

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