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
			103
		100	102
		99	101	TP
11 (*)	99	98	100	15.4	83
10 (*)	98	97	99	15.2-15.3	82
9 (*)	97	96	98	15.1	81
8	96	95	97	15	80
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7	95	94	96	14.1	79
6	94	93	95	14	78
5.5	93	92	94	13.1	77
	92	91	93	13	76
	91	90	92	12.1	75
	90	89	91	12	74
	89	88	90	11.1	73
	88	87	89	11	72
	87	86	88	10.1	71
	86	85	87	10	70
	85	84	86	9.1	69
	84	83	85	9	68
	83	82	84	8	67
	81	81	83	7.1	66
	80	80	81	7 (*)	65
	79	79	80	6.1 (*)	64
	18	78	79	6 (*)	63
	17	77	78	5.1 (*)	62
	16	76	77	5 (*)	60
	15	75	76	4	58
	14 (*)	74	75	3.2	57
	13 (*)	73	74	3.1	56
	12 (*)	72	73		55
		71	72		54
		70	71		53
		69	70		52
		68	69		51
		67	68		50
		66	67		49
		65	66		48
		64	65		47
		63	64		46
		62	63		45
		61	62		44
		60	61		43
		59	60		42
		58	59		41
		57	58		40
		56	57		39
		55	56		38
		54	55		37
		53	54		36
		52	53		35
		51	52		34
		50	51		33
		49	50		32
		48	49		31
		47	48		30
		46	47		29
		45	46		28
		44	45		27
		43	44		26
		42	43		25
		41	42		24
		40	41		23
		39	40		22
		38	39		21
		37	38		20 (*)
		36	37		19 (*)
		35	36		18 (*)
		34	35		17 (*)
		33 (*)	34		16 (*)
		32 (*)	33 (*)		15 (*)
		31 (*)	32 (*)		12.1 (*)
		30 (*)	31 (*)		12 (*)
		29 (*)	30 (*)		11.6 (*)
		28 (*)	29 (*)		11.5 (*)
		27 (*)	28 (*)		11.1
		26 (*)	27 (*)		11
		25 (*)	26 (*)		10.6
		24 (*)	25 (*)		10.5
		23 (*)	24 (*)		10.0-10.1
		22 (*)	23 (*)		9.5-9.6
		21 (*)	22 (*)		9
		20 (*)	21 (*)
		19 (*)	20 (*)
		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
15.4	all	99	10 (*)	64	100	98	11 (*)	12.12	16.0	10.4	7.12	2.5
15.2-15.3		4.4.3-4.4.4 (*)	7 (*)	12.1 (*)			10 (*)		15.0
15.0-15.1		4.4 (*)		12 (*)					14.0
14.5-14.8		4.2-4.3 (*)		11.5 (*)					13.0
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14.0-14.4		4.1 (*)		11.1 (*)					12.0
13.4-13.7		4 (*)		11					11.1-11.2
13.3		3 (*)		10					10.1
13.2		2.3 (*)							9.2
13.0-13.1		2.2 (*)							8.2
12.2-12.5		2.1							7.2-7.4
12.0-12.1									6.2-6.4
11.3-11.4									5.0-5.4
11.0-11.2									4 (*)
10.3
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