I would bow to class when the class is a series of NMtokens, I've used it. But for this case the class would be full of tokens that could easily be picked up by css that may have nothing to do with the accordion.
On 10/30/06, Michael Geary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The main reason I'm trying to avoid non-spec attributes is > > for code longevity. > > Kurt suggested the class attribute. Any reason not to use it? It seems > intended for this purpose: > > http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/struct/global.html#h-7.5.2 > > The class attribute has several roles in HTML: > * As a style sheet selector (when an author wishes > to assign style information to a set of elements). > * For general purpose processing by user agents. > > Your example: > > <code>accordion:false,showSpeed:'slow',hideAll:true</code> > <dl class="accordion"> > <dt>click me</dt> > <dd>to show me</dd> > </dl> > > Could be coded something like: > > <dl class="Accordion accordion:false,showSpeed:'slow',hideAll:true"> > <dt>click me</dt> > <dd>to show me</dd> > </dl> > > Then you could pick up your parameter string with: > > var paramString = $('.Accordion').attr('class').replace( /\w+ /, '' ) > > -Mike > > > _______________________________________________ > jQuery mailing list > [email protected] > http://jquery.com/discuss/ > -- Ⓙⓐⓚⓔ - יעקב ʝǡǩȩ ᎫᎪᏦᎬ _______________________________________________ jQuery mailing list [email protected] http://jquery.com/discuss/
