CSS3 selectors

Advanced element selection using selectors including: [foo^="bar"], [foo$="bar"], [foo*="bar"], :root, :nth-child(), :nth-last-child(), :nth-of-type(), :nth-last-of-type(), :last-child, :first-of-type, :last-of-type, :only-child, :only-of-type, :empty, :target, :enabled, :disabled, :checked, :not(), ~ (general sibling)

Spec	https://www.w3.org/TR/css3-selectors/
Status	W3C Recommendation

IE	Edge	Firefox	Chrome	Safari	Opera
			98
		95	97
		94	96	TP
11	95	93	95	15	80
10	94	92	94	14.1	79
9	93	91	93	14	78
8 (1)	92	90	92	13.1	77
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7 (1)	91	89	91	13	76
6	90	88	90	12.1	75
5.5	89	87	89	12	74
	88	86	88	11.1	73
	87	85	87	11	72
	86	84	86	10.1	71
	85	83	85	10	70
	84	82	84	9.1	69
	83	81	83	9	68
	81	80	81	8	67
	80	79	80	7.1	66
	79	78	79	7	65
	18	77	78	6.1	64
	17	76	77	6	63
	16	75	76	5.1	62
	15	74	75	5	60
	14	73	74	4	58
	13	72	73	3.2	57
	12	71	72	3.1	56
		70	71		55
		69	70		54
		68	69		53
		67	68		52
		66	67		51
		65	66		50
		64	65		49
		63	64		48
		62	63		47
		61	62		46
		60	61		45
		59	60		44
		58	59		43
		57	58		42
		56	57		41
		55	56		40
		54	55		39
		53	54		38
		52	53		37
		51	52		36
		50	51		35
		49	50		34
		48	49		33
		47	48		32
		46	47		31
		45	46		30
		44	45		29
		43	44		28
		42	43		27
		41	42		26
		40	41		25
		39	40		24
		38	39		23
		37	38		22
		36	37		21
		35	36		20
		34	35		19
		33	34		18
		32	33		17
		31	32		16
		30	31		15
		29	30		12.1
		28	29		12
		27	28		11.6
		26	27		11.5
		25	26		11.1
		24	25		11
		23	24		10.6
		22	23		10.5
		21	22		10.0-10.1
		20	21		9.5-9.6
		19	20		9
		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	all	94	10	64	94	92	11	12.12	15.0	10.4	7.12	2.5
14.5-14.8		4.4.3-4.4.4	7	12.1			10		14.0
14.0-14.4		4.4		12					13.0
13.4-13.7		4.2-4.3		11.5					12.0
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13.3		4.1		11.1					11.1-11.2
13.2		4		11					10.1
13.0-13.1		3		10					9.2
12.2-12.5		2.3							8.2
12.0-12.1		2.2							7.2-7.4
11.3-11.4		2.1							6.2-6.4
11.0-11.2									5.0-5.4
10.3									4
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

1. IE7 and IE8 support only these CSS3 selectors: General siblings (element1~element2) and Attribute selectors [attr^=val], [attr$=val], and [attr*=val]

Bugs

• Android 4.3 and lower (together with older WebKit browsers) have issues when combining pseudo classes with adjacent or general sibling selectors.

• iOS 8 Safari has issues with nth-child.

• IE9-IE11 supports :empty but will not repaint/relayout the page if content is added/removed from an :empty selected element

• iOS 9 has a bug in WebViews (not Safari) with the CSS sibling selector

• IE11 has issues with last-of-type with custom elements

• IE does not recognize the :disabled pseudo-class selector for <fieldset disabled>

Resources

• Detailed support information
• Automated CSS3 selector test
• Selectivizr: Polyfill for IE6-8
• WebPlatform Docs