On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 10:57 PM, Thierry Koblentz
<thierry.koble...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Why going through so many elements? It can't be good regarding performance
> and it increases specificity for no reason.
>
> I'd go with a simple: #last {...}
Point accepted. In general, one should keep selectors as simple as
possible, with just as much specificity as one needs.
However, in this case, #last{...} does *not* work see:
http://roughtech.com/t/polar.html
The selector #mainmenu li has to be overridden.
Also, I personally prefer to prefix id selectors with the element
name. This makes it easier for me to read and understand a stylesheet,
I wont have to constantly refer to the html file. For example, I
prefer li#last over #last because at a later time I would know, with
one glance, that the id is on an <li>.
Another thought: Is #last really faster than #container #mainmenu ul
li#last ? It appears to me that the latter should be faster because
the browser does not have to traverse the entire DOM tree looking for
#last, it can just start from #container.
~Chetan
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