Re: Behavior of matches() and closest() with :scope()

On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 6:53 PM, Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@mit.edu> wrote:
> ...

So let's see. If we don't pass a :scope elements argument we get

  E.matches(":scope") -> false
  E.closest(":scope") -> null
  E.closest(":has(> :scope)" -> null

If we pass E as :scope elements we get

  E.matches(":scope") -> true
  E.closest(":scope") -> E
  E.closest(":has(> :scope)" -> E's parent

Now for closest() we could also pass the current ancestor A as :scope
elements, then we get

  E.closest(":scope") -> E
  E.closest(":has(> :scope)" -> null

It seems to me that passing the element on which the method is invoked
as :scope elements (i.e. E) makes the most sense. That argues for 1).


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Received on Thursday, 4 September 2014 09:55:11 UTC