searchPseudoElements slows down IE and Edge significantly

[doubleedesign]

Description

Setting searchPseudoElements to true causes site responsiveness in IE11 and Edge to slow down significantly, to the point that it doesn't respond to a click event for several seconds.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Enable searchPseudoElements: true
2. Run site in IE11
3. Click something with a click event attached

Environment

Version: 5.0.10
Browser: [IE 11 | Edge ]

[tagliala]

Hi!

Thanks for being part of the Font Awesome Community.

This is a known issue and it is documented: https://fontawesome.com/how-to-use/svg-with-js#pseudo-elements

Hope it helps

Closing here

[ryanjbonnell]

Using CSS Pseudo elements to render icons is disabled by default when using our SVG + JS Framework.

https://fontawesome.com/how-to-use/on-the-web/advanced/css-pseudo-elements