getElementsByTagName() in Chrome 60 does not find elements in namespace

[Vicky Nsenga]

Starting with Chrome 60, getElementsByTagName() method no longer returns elements that are in a namespace. 

With Chrome 59 and earlier, the function returned the elements.

 Does anyone have a solution/workaround or does anyone know if the problem will be handled in the next chrome updates?

[PhistucK]

This group discusses the Developer Tools feature of Google Chrome and not general web development issues.

Please, do not continue this discussion here.

It was an intentional change with sort of unintended repercussions. :(

https://www.chromestatus.com/features/5673616809132032

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=645165

https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/#!topic/blink-dev/jBph1e0CekY

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=736430

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=752150

However, since Firefox has the same behavior and the specification defines this behavior, it is not likely to be reverted.

The solution is to add the namespace. document.getElementsByTagName("bar") should be document.getElementsByTagName("foo:bar").

☆PhistucK

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