CSS.escape()

`CSS.escape()` serializes a string as a CSS identifier. This enables developers to easily and securely do things like escaping a string for use as part of a selector.

Demos

• https://googlechrome.github.io/samples/css-escape/index.html
• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/CSS/escape

Documentation

• https://mathiasbynens.be/notes/css-escapes
• https://github.com/mathiasbynens/CSS.escape

Specification

Editor's draft

Status in Chromium

Blink components: Blink

Enabled by default (launch bug) in:

• Chrome for desktop release 46
• Chrome for Android release 46
• Opera release 33
• Opera for Android release 33

Consensus & Standardization

• Firefox: Shipped
• Edge: No public signals
• Safari: No public signals
• Web Developers: No signals

Owner

• mathias@qiwi.be

Last updated on 2017-06-14