[CssSelector] Constructions like "//*[name() = 'div']" not working in Firefox

[BR0kEN-]

Q	A
Bug report?	yes
Feature request?	no
BC Break report?	no
RFC?	no
Symfony version	any

Firefox on macOS up to latest (51 for now) version does not support expressions like //*[name() = 'div']. I've faced this using Selenium 2 WebDriver.

Which was the reason to use //*[name() = 'div'] instead of //div?

[BR0kEN-]

For instance, //*[local-name() = 'div'] will be working.

All three variants will not differs in Chrome.

[tomgibson]

Running FF 50.0.2 and Ubuntu 16.10.
//*[name() = 'div'] does not seem to be supported.

[BR0kEN-]

Also, this material could be helpful: http://stackoverflow.com/a/2464906

[BR0kEN-]

So, the difference between name() and local-name() XPath functions breaks workability in Firefox.

My final questions are:

• Why used //*[name() = 'div'] instead of //div?
• Can we replace name() by local-name() as I did in PR?

[PavelLoparev]

FF 37, ubuntu 15.04. Looks like //*[name() = 'div'] is not supported.
http://screencloud.net/v/wJ82

[fabpot]

Closing as there is nothing we can do on our side.