[jQuery] Re: is accessing element by a class faster than accessing X element by ID

[Christof Donat]

Hi,

> And try something like:
>
> var toto = [];
> $('.toto').each(function(){
>     var elem = $(this);
>     toto[elem.attr('ref')] = elem;
> }
>
> Then, to hide the "toto" div with ref="1" or ref="2", just call:
>
> toto[1].hide(); toto[2].hide();

Why not use this:

var toto = $('.toto');
toto[1].hide(); toto[2].hide();

That should be the same.

Appart from that I think, that Jean Babtiste wanted to hide all elements at 
the same time. I'd expect his first ( $('.toto').hide() ) version to be 
usually faster, but I'm not shure about that.

Christof