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CSS CSS Foundations Selectors Class and ID Selectors

Posted by Christopher Neal
Christopher Neal
833 Points

Using " id='top' " Opposed To " name='top' "

Is there much of a difference between using "id" or "name", for example when naming the header "id=top"? The only difference I can see is when using "id", the link after the footer takes you to the top of the element and when "name" is used, it takes us to the top of the body.

2 Answers

Andrew Dushane
Andrew Dushane
9,264 Points
Andrew Dushane
Andrew Dushane
9,264 Points

The name attribute is an older way of doing it that's not supported in HTML5. You want to use id because it's the current, accepted way to do it.

Andrew Dushane
Andrew Dushane
9,264 Points
Andrew Dushane
Andrew Dushane
9,264 Points

Also it lets you anchor and style an element with one attribute rather than two, which I'm guessing is why it's the recommended way.

Christopher Neal
Christopher Neal
833 Points
Christopher Neal
Christopher Neal
833 Points

Ahh, thanks Andrew.