getElement* functions have been removed, [1], [2], from the ShadowRoot. [1]: https://github.com/w3c/webcomponents/commit/3d5f147812edaf74cc4f07d294836cafdf48534f [2]: https://github.com/w3c/webcomponents/commit/6416fdfe7fc87e47aa89aac8ce5430389b9ad653
See also the relevant discussions: - https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=23620 - https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=27569 I think it's coincidence, but I added the following note to the spec yesterday to make the spec reader-friendly. - https://github.com/w3c/webcomponents/commit/b43d98149c4c4a401fe35e115afc548031bdbc6d It might be also worth mentioning that you can use ShadowRoot.getElementById in a non-normative way there. Strictly speaking, we don't have to mention it in the spec because it's implied. On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 5:44 AM Elliott Sprehn <espr...@chromium.org> wrote: > On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 1:38 PM, Ryosuke Niwa <rn...@apple.com> wrote: > >> >> On Mar 26, 2015, at 1:23 PM, Travis Leithead < >> travis.leith...@microsoft.com> wrote: >> >> You make a series of excellent points. >> >> >> >> In the sense that you have a new set of nodes to manage holistically, >> then having some sort of “document” container does makes sense for that (a >> ShadowRoot) in order to place all your search/navigation APIs. >> >> >> >> You got me thinking though—getElementById is currently not available on >> ShadowRoot right? Does that API in the host’s document find IDs in the >> shadow? I presume not given the guidelines you mentioned. I wonder what >> other APIs from Document are desired? >> >> >> I thought getElementById existed in ShadowRoot at some point but the >> latest Blink code doesn't have it. It looks like Blink has >> querySelector/querySelectorAll via ParentNode: >> >> >> https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/blink/+/master/Source/core/dom/shadow/ShadowRoot.idl >> >> https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/blink/+/master/Source/core/dom/ParentNode.idl >> >> > The spec changed, > https://dom.spec.whatwg.org/#interface-nonelementparentnode > > ShadowRoot is a DocumentFragment and DocumentFragment implements > NonElementParentNode. > > - E >
