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/
