matches() DOM method

Method of testing whether or not a DOM element matches a given selector. Formerly known (and largely supported with prefix) as matchesSelector.

Spec	https://dom.spec.whatwg.org/#dom-element-matches
Status	WHATWG Living Standard

IE	Edge	Firefox	Chrome	Safari	Opera
			98
		95	97
		94	96	TP
11 (*)	95	93	95	15	80
10 (*)	94	92	94	14.1	79
9 (*)	93	91	93	14	78
8	92	90	92	13.1	77
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7	91	89	91	13	76
6	90	88	90	12.1	75
5.5	89	87	89	12	74
	88	86	88	11.1	73
	87	85	87	11	72
	86	84	86	10.1	71
	85	83	85	10	70
	84	82	84	9.1	69
	83	81	83	9	68
	81	80	81	8	67
	80	79	80	7.1	66
	79	78	79	7 (*)	65
	18	77	78	6.1 (*)	64
	17	76	77	6 (*)	63
	16	75	76	5.1 (*)	62
	15	74	75	5 (*)	60
	14 (*)	73	74	4	58
	13 (*)	72	73	3.2	57
	12 (*)	71	72	3.1	56
		70	71		55
		69	70		54
		68	69		53
		67	68		52
		66	67		51
		65	66		50
		64	65		49
		63	64		48
		62	63		47
		61	62		46
		60	61		45
		59	60		44
		58	59		43
		57	58		42
		56	57		41
		55	56		40
		54	55		39
		53	54		38
		52	53		37
		51	52		36
		50	51		35
		49	50		34
		48	49		33
		47	48		32
		46	47		31
		45	46		30
		44	45		29
		43	44		28
		42	43		27
		41	42		26
		40	41		25
		39	40		24
		38	39		23
		37	38		22
		36	37		21
		35	36		20 (*)
		34	35		19 (*)
		33 (*)	34		18 (*)
		32 (*)	33 (*)		17 (*)
		31 (*)	32 (*)		16 (*)
		30 (*)	31 (*)		15 (*)
		29 (*)	30 (*)		12.1 (*)
		28 (*)	29 (*)		12 (*)
		27 (*)	28 (*)		11.6 (*)
		26 (*)	27 (*)		11.5 (*)
		25 (*)	26 (*)		11.1
		24 (*)	25 (*)		11
		23 (*)	24 (*)		10.6
		22 (*)	23 (*)		10.5
		21 (*)	22 (*)		10.0-10.1
		20 (*)	21 (*)		9.5-9.6
		19 (*)	20 (*)		9
		18 (*)	19 (*)
		17 (*)	18 (*)
		16 (*)	17 (*)
		15 (*)	16 (*)
		14 (*)	15 (*)
		13 (*)	14 (*)
		12 (*)	13 (*)
		11 (*)	12 (*)
		10 (*)	11 (*)
		9 (*)	10 (*)
		8 (*)	9 (*)
		7 (*)	8 (*)
		6 (*)	7 (*)
		5 (*)	6 (*)
		4 (*)	5 (*)
		3.6 (*)	4 (*)
		3.5
		3
		2

Safari on iOS	Opera Mini	Android Browser	Blackberry Browser	Opera Mobile	Android Chrome	Android Firefox	IE Mobile	Android UC Browser	Samsung Internet	QQ Browser	Baidu Browser	KaiOS Browser
15	all	94	10 (*)	64	94	92	11 (*)	12.12	15.0	10.4	7.12	2.5
14.5-14.8		4.4.3-4.4.4 (*)	7 (*)	12.1 (*)			10 (*)		14.0
14.0-14.4		4.4 (*)		12 (*)					13.0
13.4-13.7		4.2-4.3 (*)		11.5 (*)					12.0
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13.3		4.1 (*)		11.1 (*)					11.1-11.2
13.2		4 (*)		11					10.1
13.0-13.1		3 (*)		10					9.2
12.2-12.5		2.3 (*)							8.2
12.0-12.1		2.2 (*)							7.2-7.4
11.3-11.4		2.1							6.2-6.4
11.0-11.2									5.0-5.4
10.3									4 (*)
10.0-10.2
9.3
9.0-9.2
8.1-8.4
8
7.0-7.1 (*)
6.0-6.1 (*)
5.0-5.1 (*)
4.2-4.3 (*)
4.0-4.1 (*)
3.2

Notes

Partial support refers to supporting the older specification's "matchesSelector" name rather than just "matches".

^* Partial support with prefix.

Resources

• MDN Web Docs - Element matches
• WebPlatform Docs
• Microsoft Edge feature request on UserVoice