Test if a selector matches a given element

Question

Is there any way to test if a selector would match a given DOM Element? Preferably, without the use of an external library like Sizzle. This is for a library and I would li

Answer 1

The W3C selectors API (http://www.w3.org/TR/selectors-api/) specifies document.querySelectorAll(). This is not supported on all browsers, so you'd have to google the ones that do support it: http://www.google.com/search?q=browsers+implementing+selector+api