On 5/11/07, Aaron Heimlich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
IIRC, that's what the selector engine does currently (that or something like it). "p#myId" used to take a very long time because it would go through every "p" and look for one with an id of "myId". I'm quite sure that jQuery doesn't do that anymore.
FYI: I blogged about jQuery selector speeds a few times: http://aheimlich.freepgs.com/javascript/jquery-selector-speed http://aheimlich.freepgs.com/javascript/jquery-11-selector-speeds -- Aaron Heimlich Web Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://aheimlich.freepgs.com