CSS.escape()

Experimental: This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.

The CSS.escape() static method returns a CSSOMString containing the escaped string passed as parameter, mostly for use as part of a CSS selector.

Syntax

escapedStr = CSS.escape(str);

Parameters

str: The CSSOMString to be escaped.

Examples

Basic results

CSS.escape(".foo#bar")        // "\.foo\#bar"
CSS.escape("()[]{}")          // "\(\)\[\]\{\}"
CSS.escape('--a')             // "--a"
CSS.escape(0)                 // "\30 ", the Unicode code point of '0' is 30
CSS.escape('\0')              // "\ufffd", the Unicode REPLACEMENT CHARACTER

In context uses

To escape a string for use as part of a selector, the escape() method can be used:

var element = document.querySelector('#' + CSS.escape(id) + ' > img');

The escape() method can also be used for escaping strings, although it escapes characters that don't strictly need to be escaped:

var element = document.querySelector('a[href="#' + CSS.escape(fragment) + '"]');

Specifications

Specification
CSS Object Model (CSSOM) (CSSOM) # the-css.escape()-method

Browser compatibility

	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	WebView Android	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on IOS	Samsung Internet
`escape`	46	79	31	No	33	10	46	46	31	33	10	5.0