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CSS CSS Foundations Selectors Basic Attribute Selectors

Tatiana Perry
Tatiana Perry
17,156 Points
Posted by Tatiana Perry
Tatiana Perry
17,156 Points

Difference between attribute and class selectors

Is there a difference between [class="footer"] and .footer ? It seemed not to change the page. And is there a time to use one over the other?

1 Answer

Andrew McCormick
Andrew McCormick
17,730 Points
Andrew McCormick
Andrew McCormick
17,730 Points

attributes are much more selective. when you use [class='footer'] an element that has class="footer grid-1" will not be selected. Only elements that have class="footer" Example: http://codepen.io/anon/pen/EsupC/

Now there are variations on the attribute selectors. See a detailed explanation here: http://css-tricks.com/attribute-selectors/