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`CSS.supports( "selector(...)" )` has different semantics than selectors passed to `querySelectorAll`. Apart from the fact that the former returns `false` for unrecognized selectors and the latter throws, `qSA` is more forgiving and accepts some invalid selectors, auto-correcting them where needed - for example, mismatched brackers are auto-closed. This behavior difference is breaking for many users. To add to that, a recent CSSWG resolution made `:is()` & `:where()` the only pseudos with forgiving parsing; browsers are in the process of making `:has()` parsing unforgiving. Taking all that into account, we go back to our previous try-catch approach without relying on `CSS.supports( "selector(...)" )`. The only difference is we detect forgiving parsing in `:has()` and mark the selector as buggy. Fixes jquery/jquery#5194 Ref jquery/jquery#5098 Ref jquerygh-486 Ref w3c/csswg-drafts#7676
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CSS.supports( "selector(...)" )has different semantics than selectors passed toquerySelectorAll. Apart from the fact that the former returnsfalsefor unrecognized selectors and the latter throws,qSAis more forgiving and accepts some invalid selectors, auto-correcting them where needed - for example, mismatched brackers are auto-closed. This behavior difference is breaking for many users.To add to that, a recent CSSWG resolution made
:is()&:where()the only pseudos with forgiving parsing; browsers are in the process of making:has()parsing unforgiving.Taking all that into account, we go back to our previous try-catch approach without relying on
CSS.supports( "selector(...)" ). The only difference is we detect forgiving parsing in:has()and mark the selector as buggy.Fixes jquery/jquery#5194
Ref jquery/jquery#5098
Ref gh-486
Ref w3c/csswg-drafts#7676