Syntax error, unrecognized expression: a, input, button, select

[cmahnke]

I'm not sure if this is related to a upgrade to a dependency like jQuery:

Syntax error, unrecognized expression: a, input, button, select

This is introduced here:

slick/slick/slick.js

Line 202 in b987f65

Slick.prototype.activateADA = function() {

Update

I tracked it down: Chrome changed the handling of a11y (aria) tags, especially in focus switching contexts (like a slider).

Blocked aria-hidden on an element because its descendant retained focus. The focus must not be hidden from assistive technology users. Avoid using aria-hidden on a focused element or its ancestor. Consider using the inert attribute instead, which will also prevent focus. For more details, see the aria-hidden section of the WAI-ARIA specification at https://w3c.github.io/aria/#aria-hidden.
Element with focus: <div.slick-slide slick-cloned#>
Ancestor with aria-hidden: <div.slick-slide slick-cloned#> <div class=​"slick-slide slick-cloned" data-slick-index=​"5" id aria-hidden=​"true" tabindex=​"-1" style=​"width:​ 952px;​">​…​</div>​

So the fix is to pass accessibility: false to the slick method.

But maybe it's time to move to another slider, since there aren't any releases on NPM since 8 years...

[markvantilburg]

We cannot publish to NPM use the version from "master"

[cmahnke]

Well, is that a good reason / excuse?

Deno for example doesn't like this approach at all:

Package specified a dependency outside of npm . Deno does not install these for security reasons. The npm package should be improved to have all its dependencies on npm.

And some have similar requirements implemented as policy...

Why not just create a new package with the code from main?