I want to rationalise my css so that I am not continually inventing classes when I want to create a new effect.
Today I have created a 'pullout' class which has a head, image and body. I don't want to use an H? because I don't know where that element is going to sit in a document and I don't want to have to undo any styles set previously. So I have .thisHead and .thisImg which are not styled explicitly but within their context, e.g. .pullout .thisHead {}. This means I have to re-style .thisHead whenever it belongs to a different parent but at least I don't have to invent a new class name. So far so good. But now I have a 'comment' class which follows a set format except its width changes depending whether it is a short or medium length. So I tried class="comment wide" but that doesn't work because .wide is not set explicitly, only within another style. The alternative is to have a narrowComment class and a wideComment class because a wide class with a set width means it can only apply to a 'comment' element. I've used .larger and .smaller in the past but I have to specify the increment which gives me no flexibility. It would be simpler if I were dealing with IDs because I could style my #comment and add a .wide class and then specify the style for #comment .wide in my style sheet. But 'Comment' is not an object, its a type. So, in effect, I'm looking for a sub class. Does this make sense and is there a logical solution that's portable and not too exotic? -- Kind Regards Chris Price Choctaw chris.pr...@choctaw.co.uk <mailto:chris.pr...@choctaw.co.uk> www.choctaw.co.uk <http://www.choctaw.co.uk> Tel. 01524 825 245 Mob. 0777 629 0227 Choctaw Media Fertile Ground for Websites Follow me on Twitter <http://twitter.com/choctaw> Catch up with me on LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/in/spoonfulofdreams> Its a Living Thing~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> Sent on behalf of Choctaw Media Ltd << ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Choctaw Media Limited is a company registered in England and Wales with company number 04627649 Registered Office: Priory Close, St Mary's Gate, Lancaster LA1 1XB, United Kingdom. ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/