Yes, you are correct. Though, for practical purposes, I wouldn’t generally recommend creating a class name called span.
On Aug 14, 2014, at 18:21, Tom Livingston <tom...@gmail.com> wrote: > Nice article Frank. > > Just so I'm tracking this right - as I've not used this very much - > given this example: > > [class*="span"] > > This means "select elements who's class contains the word 'span'". Correct? > > > > On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 9:39 AM, Frank Taylor <pace...@madebypaceaux.com> > wrote: >> 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/ > > > > -- > > Tom Livingston | Senior Front-End Developer | Media Logic | > ph: 518.456.3015x231 | fx: 518.456.4279 | mlinc.com ______________________________________________________________________ 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/
