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Can I put logical operators in document.querySelectorAll? If so, how?

Let's say I want to find all div elements and span inside p.

Is it possible to get all what I want in a single querySelectorAll invocation?

Conceptually it should be something like document.querySelectorAll("div | p span") (where | means or).

Solution

  • Yes. You can use the same logical operators allowed in CSS:

    OR: chain selectors with commas

    document.querySelectorAll('div, p span');
// selects divs, and spans in ps

    AND: chain selectors without whitespace

    document.querySelectorAll('div.myClass');
// selects divs with the class "myClass"

    NOT: :not()-selector

    document.querySelectorAll('div:not(.myClass)');
// selects divs that do not have the class "myClass"