Yes, that’s correct. It’s the attribute selector. Whatever goes into the brackets is an attribute, and that can be any attribute on the HTML selector.
Shameless self-plug: there’s some crazy stuff you can do with the attribute selector: http://blog.frankmtaylor.com/2012/04/27/css-sorcery-performing-magic-with-the-attribute-selector/ On Aug 14, 2014, at 0:49, John D <xfs...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Just noticed that a joomla site has the following code: > > [class*="span"].pull-right, > .row-fluid [class*="span"].pull-right { > float: right; > } > > Is this correct especially th items in square brackets? > > I thought the easiest way is to write something like this: > > span.pull-right, > .row-fluid { > float: right; > } > Why are they using square brackets? > > ______________________________________________________________________ > css-discuss [css-d@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/ ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [css-d@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/
