diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/Document.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/Document.cpp
index d2c5312f47f..79964e87232 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/Document.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/Document.cpp
@@ -1054,7 +1054,7 @@ void Document::set_hovered_node(Node* node)
 
 JS::NonnullGCPtr<HTMLCollection> Document::get_elements_by_name(DeprecatedString const& name)
 {
-    return HTMLCollection::create(*this, [name](Element const& element) {
+    return HTMLCollection::create(*this, HTMLCollection::Scope::Descendants, [name](Element const& element) {
         return element.name() == name;
     }).release_value_but_fixme_should_propagate_errors();
 }
@@ -1065,7 +1065,7 @@ JS::NonnullGCPtr<HTMLCollection> Document::get_elements_by_class_name(Deprecated
     for (auto& name : class_names.view().split_view(' ')) {
         list_of_class_names.append(FlyString::from_utf8(name).release_value_but_fixme_should_propagate_errors());
     }
-    return HTMLCollection::create(*this, [list_of_class_names = move(list_of_class_names), quirks_mode = document().in_quirks_mode()](Element const& element) {
+    return HTMLCollection::create(*this, HTMLCollection::Scope::Descendants, [list_of_class_names = move(list_of_class_names), quirks_mode = document().in_quirks_mode()](Element const& element) {
         for (auto& name : list_of_class_names) {
             if (!element.has_class(name, quirks_mode ? CaseSensitivity::CaseInsensitive : CaseSensitivity::CaseSensitive))
                 return false;
@@ -1078,7 +1078,7 @@ JS::NonnullGCPtr<HTMLCollection> Document::get_elements_by_class_name(Deprecated
 JS::NonnullGCPtr<HTMLCollection> Document::applets()
 {
     if (!m_applets)
-        m_applets = HTMLCollection::create(*this, [](auto&) { return false; }).release_value_but_fixme_should_propagate_errors();
+        m_applets = HTMLCollection::create(*this, HTMLCollection::Scope::Descendants, [](auto&) { return false; }).release_value_but_fixme_should_propagate_errors();
     return *m_applets;
 }
 
@@ -1086,7 +1086,7 @@ JS::NonnullGCPtr<HTMLCollection> Document::applets()
 JS::NonnullGCPtr<HTMLCollection> Document::anchors()
 {
     if (!m_anchors) {
-        m_anchors = HTMLCollection::create(*this, [](Element const& element) {
+        m_anchors = HTMLCollection::create(*this, HTMLCollection::Scope::Descendants, [](Element const& element) {
             return is<HTML::HTMLAnchorElement>(element) && element.has_attribute(HTML::AttributeNames::name);
         }).release_value_but_fixme_should_propagate_errors();
     }
@@ -1097,7 +1097,7 @@ JS::NonnullGCPtr<HTMLCollection> Document::anchors()
 JS::NonnullGCPtr<HTMLCollection> Document::images()
 {
     if (!m_images) {
-        m_images = HTMLCollection::create(*this, [](Element const& element) {
+        m_images = HTMLCollection::create(*this, HTMLCollection::Scope::Descendants, [](Element const& element) {
             return is<HTML::HTMLImageElement>(element);
         }).release_value_but_fixme_should_propagate_errors();
     }
@@ -1108,7 +1108,7 @@ JS::NonnullGCPtr<HTMLCollection> Document::images()
 JS::NonnullGCPtr<HTMLCollection> Document::embeds()
 {
     if (!m_embeds) {
-        m_embeds = HTMLCollection::create(*this, [](Element const& element) {
+        m_embeds = HTMLCollection::create(*this, HTMLCollection::Scope::Descendants, [](Element const& element) {
             return is<HTML::HTMLEmbedElement>(element);
         }).release_value_but_fixme_should_propagate_errors();
     }
@@ -1125,7 +1125,7 @@ JS::NonnullGCPtr<HTMLCollection> Document::plugins()
 JS::NonnullGCPtr<HTMLCollection> Document::links()
 {
     if (!m_links) {
-        m_links = HTMLCollection::create(*this, [](Element const& element) {
+        m_links = HTMLCollection::create(*this, HTMLCollection::Scope::Descendants, [](Element const& element) {
             return (is<HTML::HTMLAnchorElement>(element) || is<HTML::HTMLAreaElement>(element)) && element.has_attribute(HTML::AttributeNames::href);
         }).release_value_but_fixme_should_propagate_errors();
     }
@@ -1136,7 +1136,7 @@ JS::NonnullGCPtr<HTMLCollection> Document::links()
 JS::NonnullGCPtr<HTMLCollection> Document::forms()
 {
     if (!m_forms) {
-        m_forms = HTMLCollection::create(*this, [](Element const& element) {
+        m_forms = HTMLCollection::create(*this, HTMLCollection::Scope::Descendants, [](Element const& element) {
             return is<HTML::HTMLFormElement>(element);
         }).release_value_but_fixme_should_propagate_errors();
     }
@@ -1147,7 +1147,7 @@ JS::NonnullGCPtr<HTMLCollection> Document::forms()
 JS::NonnullGCPtr<HTMLCollection> Document::scripts()
 {
     if (!m_scripts) {
-        m_scripts = HTMLCollection::create(*this, [](Element const& element) {
+        m_scripts = HTMLCollection::create(*this, HTMLCollection::Scope::Descendants, [](Element const& element) {
             return is<HTML::HTMLScriptElement>(element);
         }).release_value_but_fixme_should_propagate_errors();
     }
@@ -1158,7 +1158,7 @@ JS::NonnullGCPtr<HTMLCollection> Document::scripts()
 JS::NonnullGCPtr<HTMLCollection> Document::all()
 {
     if (!m_all) {
-        m_all = HTMLCollection::create(*this, [](Element const&) {
+        m_all = HTMLCollection::create(*this, HTMLCollection::Scope::Descendants, [](Element const&) {
             return true;
         }).release_value_but_fixme_should_propagate_errors();
     }
@@ -2092,7 +2092,7 @@ void Document::check_favicon_after_loading_link_resource()
     if (!head_element)
         return;
 
-    auto favicon_link_elements = HTMLCollection::create(*head_element, [](Element const& element) {
+    auto favicon_link_elements = HTMLCollection::create(*head_element, HTMLCollection::Scope::Descendants, [](Element const& element) {
         if (!is<HTML::HTMLLinkElement>(element))
             return false;
 
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/Element.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/Element.cpp
index 7d5e38ee536..56b0e7d315c 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/Element.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/Element.cpp
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ JS::NonnullGCPtr<HTMLCollection> Element::get_elements_by_class_name(DeprecatedF
     for (auto& name : class_names.view().split_view_if(Infra::is_ascii_whitespace)) {
         list_of_class_names.append(FlyString::from_utf8(name).release_value_but_fixme_should_propagate_errors());
     }
-    return HTMLCollection::create(*this, [list_of_class_names = move(list_of_class_names), quirks_mode = document().in_quirks_mode()](Element const& element) {
+    return HTMLCollection::create(*this, HTMLCollection::Scope::Descendants, [list_of_class_names = move(list_of_class_names), quirks_mode = document().in_quirks_mode()](Element const& element) {
         for (auto& name : list_of_class_names) {
             if (!element.has_class(name, quirks_mode ? CaseSensitivity::CaseInsensitive : CaseSensitivity::CaseSensitive))
                 return false;
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/HTMLCollection.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/HTMLCollection.cpp
index 106adb80b95..efa9a5855f5 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/HTMLCollection.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/HTMLCollection.cpp
@@ -13,15 +13,16 @@
 
 namespace Web::DOM {
 
-WebIDL::ExceptionOr<JS::NonnullGCPtr<HTMLCollection>> HTMLCollection::create(ParentNode& root, Function<bool(Element const&)> filter)
+WebIDL::ExceptionOr<JS::NonnullGCPtr<HTMLCollection>> HTMLCollection::create(ParentNode& root, Scope scope, Function<bool(Element const&)> filter)
 {
-    return MUST_OR_THROW_OOM(root.heap().allocate<HTMLCollection>(root.realm(), root, move(filter)));
+    return MUST_OR_THROW_OOM(root.heap().allocate<HTMLCollection>(root.realm(), root, scope, move(filter)));
 }
 
-HTMLCollection::HTMLCollection(ParentNode& root, Function<bool(Element const&)> filter)
+HTMLCollection::HTMLCollection(ParentNode& root, Scope scope, Function<bool(Element const&)> filter)
     : LegacyPlatformObject(root.realm())
     , m_root(root)
     , m_filter(move(filter))
+    , m_scope(scope)
 {
 }
 
@@ -44,11 +45,19 @@ void HTMLCollection::visit_edges(Cell::Visitor& visitor)
 JS::MarkedVector<Element*> HTMLCollection::collect_matching_elements() const
 {
     JS::MarkedVector<Element*> elements(m_root->heap());
-    m_root->for_each_in_subtree_of_type<Element>([&](auto& element) {
-        if (m_filter(element))
-            elements.append(const_cast<Element*>(&element));
-        return IterationDecision::Continue;
-    });
+    if (m_scope == Scope::Descendants) {
+        m_root->for_each_in_subtree_of_type<Element>([&](auto& element) {
+            if (m_filter(element))
+                elements.append(const_cast<Element*>(&element));
+            return IterationDecision::Continue;
+        });
+    } else {
+        m_root->for_each_child_of_type<Element>([&](auto& element) {
+            if (m_filter(element))
+                elements.append(const_cast<Element*>(&element));
+            return IterationDecision::Continue;
+        });
+    }
     return elements;
 }
 
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/HTMLCollection.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/HTMLCollection.h
index f10f253ced7..252ef75fe58 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/HTMLCollection.h
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/HTMLCollection.h
@@ -30,7 +30,11 @@ class HTMLCollection : public Bindings::LegacyPlatformObject {
     WEB_PLATFORM_OBJECT(HTMLCollection, Bindings::LegacyPlatformObject);
 
 public:
-    static WebIDL::ExceptionOr<JS::NonnullGCPtr<HTMLCollection>> create(ParentNode& root, Function<bool(Element const&)> filter);
+    enum class Scope {
+        Children,
+        Descendants,
+    };
+    static WebIDL::ExceptionOr<JS::NonnullGCPtr<HTMLCollection>> create(ParentNode& root, Scope, Function<bool(Element const&)> filter);
 
     virtual ~HTMLCollection() override;
 
@@ -46,7 +50,7 @@ public:
     virtual bool is_supported_property_index(u32) const override;
 
 protected:
-    HTMLCollection(ParentNode& root, Function<bool(Element const&)> filter);
+    HTMLCollection(ParentNode& root, Scope, Function<bool(Element const&)> filter);
 
     virtual JS::ThrowCompletionOr<void> initialize(JS::Realm&) override;
 
@@ -70,6 +74,8 @@ private:
 
     JS::NonnullGCPtr<ParentNode> m_root;
     Function<bool(Element const&)> m_filter;
+
+    Scope m_scope { Scope::Descendants };
 };
 
 }
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/ParentNode.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/ParentNode.cpp
index f32a80e4df2..de799726fc8 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/ParentNode.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/ParentNode.cpp
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ JS::NonnullGCPtr<HTMLCollection> ParentNode::children()
 {
     // The children getter steps are to return an HTMLCollection collection rooted at this matching only element children.
     if (!m_children) {
-        m_children = HTMLCollection::create(*this, [this](Element const& element) {
-            return is_parent_of(element);
+        m_children = HTMLCollection::create(*this, HTMLCollection::Scope::Children, [](Element const&) {
+            return true;
         }).release_value_but_fixme_should_propagate_errors();
     }
     return *m_children;
@@ -126,14 +126,14 @@ JS::NonnullGCPtr<HTMLCollection> ParentNode::get_elements_by_tag_name(Deprecated
 {
     // 1. If qualifiedName is "*" (U+002A), return a HTMLCollection rooted at root, whose filter matches only descendant elements.
     if (qualified_name == "*") {
-        return HTMLCollection::create(*this, [](Element const&) {
+        return HTMLCollection::create(*this, HTMLCollection::Scope::Descendants, [](Element const&) {
             return true;
         }).release_value_but_fixme_should_propagate_errors();
     }
 
     // 2. Otherwise, if root’s node document is an HTML document, return a HTMLCollection rooted at root, whose filter matches the following descendant elements:
     if (root().document().document_type() == Document::Type::HTML) {
-        return HTMLCollection::create(*this, [qualified_name](Element const& element) {
+        return HTMLCollection::create(*this, HTMLCollection::Scope::Descendants, [qualified_name](Element const& element) {
             // - Whose namespace is the HTML namespace and whose qualified name is qualifiedName, in ASCII lowercase.
             if (element.namespace_() == Namespace::HTML)
                 return element.qualified_name().to_lowercase() == qualified_name.to_lowercase();
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ JS::NonnullGCPtr<HTMLCollection> ParentNode::get_elements_by_tag_name(Deprecated
     }
 
     // 3. Otherwise, return a HTMLCollection rooted at root, whose filter matches descendant elements whose qualified name is qualifiedName.
-    return HTMLCollection::create(*this, [qualified_name](Element const& element) {
+    return HTMLCollection::create(*this, HTMLCollection::Scope::Descendants, [qualified_name](Element const& element) {
         return element.qualified_name() == qualified_name;
     }).release_value_but_fixme_should_propagate_errors();
 }
@@ -160,27 +160,27 @@ JS::NonnullGCPtr<HTMLCollection> ParentNode::get_elements_by_tag_name_ns(Depreca
 
     // 2. If both namespace and localName are "*" (U+002A), return a HTMLCollection rooted at root, whose filter matches descendant elements.
     if (namespace_ == "*" && local_name == "*") {
-        return HTMLCollection::create(*this, [](Element const&) {
+        return HTMLCollection::create(*this, HTMLCollection::Scope::Descendants, [](Element const&) {
             return true;
         }).release_value_but_fixme_should_propagate_errors();
     }
 
     // 3. Otherwise, if namespace is "*" (U+002A), return a HTMLCollection rooted at root, whose filter matches descendant elements whose local name is localName.
     if (namespace_ == "*") {
-        return HTMLCollection::create(*this, [local_name](Element const& element) {
+        return HTMLCollection::create(*this, HTMLCollection::Scope::Descendants, [local_name](Element const& element) {
             return element.local_name() == local_name;
         }).release_value_but_fixme_should_propagate_errors();
     }
 
     // 4. Otherwise, if localName is "*" (U+002A), return a HTMLCollection rooted at root, whose filter matches descendant elements whose namespace is namespace.
     if (local_name == "*") {
-        return HTMLCollection::create(*this, [namespace_](Element const& element) {
+        return HTMLCollection::create(*this, HTMLCollection::Scope::Descendants, [namespace_](Element const& element) {
             return element.namespace_() == namespace_;
         }).release_value_but_fixme_should_propagate_errors();
     }
 
     // 5. Otherwise, return a HTMLCollection rooted at root, whose filter matches descendant elements whose namespace is namespace and local name is localName.
-    return HTMLCollection::create(*this, [namespace_, local_name](Element const& element) {
+    return HTMLCollection::create(*this, HTMLCollection::Scope::Descendants, [namespace_, local_name](Element const& element) {
         return element.namespace_() == namespace_ && element.local_name() == local_name;
     }).release_value_but_fixme_should_propagate_errors();
 }
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLFormElement.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLFormElement.cpp
index 1ebfe882062..aa81e2a7136 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLFormElement.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLFormElement.cpp
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ static bool is_form_control(DOM::Element const& element)
 JS::NonnullGCPtr<DOM::HTMLCollection> HTMLFormElement::elements() const
 {
     if (!m_elements) {
-        m_elements = DOM::HTMLCollection::create(const_cast<HTMLFormElement&>(*this), [](Element const& element) {
+        m_elements = DOM::HTMLCollection::create(const_cast<HTMLFormElement&>(*this), DOM::HTMLCollection::Scope::Descendants, [](Element const& element) {
             return is_form_control(element);
         }).release_value_but_fixme_should_propagate_errors();
     }
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLOptionsCollection.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLOptionsCollection.cpp
index 013a26ffa0e..e3a2a10def9 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLOptionsCollection.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLOptionsCollection.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ WebIDL::ExceptionOr<JS::NonnullGCPtr<HTMLOptionsCollection>> HTMLOptionsCollecti
 }
 
 HTMLOptionsCollection::HTMLOptionsCollection(DOM::ParentNode& root, Function<bool(DOM::Element const&)> filter)
-    : DOM::HTMLCollection(root, move(filter))
+    : DOM::HTMLCollection(root, Scope::Descendants, move(filter))
 {
 }
 
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLTableElement.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLTableElement.cpp
index 8f8a3281c30..41b20d8cb06 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLTableElement.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLTableElement.cpp
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ JS::NonnullGCPtr<DOM::HTMLCollection> HTMLTableElement::t_bodies()
     // The tBodies attribute must return an HTMLCollection rooted at the table node,
     // whose filter matches only tbody elements that are children of the table element.
     if (!m_t_bodies) {
-        m_t_bodies = DOM::HTMLCollection::create(*this, [](DOM::Element const& element) {
+        m_t_bodies = DOM::HTMLCollection::create(*this, DOM::HTMLCollection::Scope::Children, [](DOM::Element const& element) {
             return element.local_name() == TagNames::tbody;
         }).release_value_but_fixme_should_propagate_errors();
     }
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ JS::NonnullGCPtr<DOM::HTMLCollection> HTMLTableElement::rows()
     // How do you sort HTMLCollection?
 
     if (!m_rows) {
-        m_rows = DOM::HTMLCollection::create(*this, [table_node](DOM::Element const& element) {
+        m_rows = DOM::HTMLCollection::create(*this, DOM::HTMLCollection::Scope::Descendants, [table_node](DOM::Element const& element) {
             // Only match TR elements which are:
             // * children of the table element
             // * children of the thead, tbody, or tfoot elements that are themselves children of the table element
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLTableRowElement.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLTableRowElement.cpp
index efe5044f2c3..c09dfc7fa49 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLTableRowElement.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLTableRowElement.cpp
@@ -42,9 +42,8 @@ JS::NonnullGCPtr<DOM::HTMLCollection> HTMLTableRowElement::cells() const
     // The cells attribute must return an HTMLCollection rooted at this tr element,
     // whose filter matches only td and th elements that are children of the tr element.
     if (!m_cells) {
-        m_cells = DOM::HTMLCollection::create(const_cast<HTMLTableRowElement&>(*this), [this](Element const& element) {
-            return element.parent() == this
-                && is<HTMLTableCellElement>(element);
+        m_cells = DOM::HTMLCollection::create(const_cast<HTMLTableRowElement&>(*this), DOM::HTMLCollection::Scope::Children, [](Element const& element) {
+            return is<HTMLTableCellElement>(element);
         }).release_value_but_fixme_should_propagate_errors();
     }
     return *m_cells;
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLTableSectionElement.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLTableSectionElement.cpp
index 1a3c00ccfeb..4fd9f72758c 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLTableSectionElement.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLTableSectionElement.cpp
@@ -41,9 +41,8 @@ JS::NonnullGCPtr<DOM::HTMLCollection> HTMLTableSectionElement::rows() const
     // The rows attribute must return an HTMLCollection rooted at this element,
     // whose filter matches only tr elements that are children of this element.
     if (!m_rows) {
-        m_rows = DOM::HTMLCollection::create(const_cast<HTMLTableSectionElement&>(*this), [this](Element const& element) {
-            return element.parent() == this
-                && is<HTMLTableRowElement>(element);
+        m_rows = DOM::HTMLCollection::create(const_cast<HTMLTableSectionElement&>(*this), DOM::HTMLCollection::Scope::Children, [](Element const& element) {
+            return is<HTMLTableRowElement>(element);
         }).release_value_but_fixme_should_propagate_errors();
     }
     return *m_rows;