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getElementsByTagName accepts qualified names

Category

DOM

Type

New or changed feature

Status

Enabled by default (Chrome 60)

Intent stage

None

Summary

getElementsByTagName() used to accept only local names. The DOM specification was updated to accept qualified names.

Standards & signals

• Specification: https://dom.spec.whatwg.org/#concept-getelementsbytagname
• Firefox: Shipped/Shipping
• Safari: Shipped/Shipping
• Web developers: No signals
• Tracking bug: http://crbug.com/645165

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