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Shaimoom Newaz
7,219 Pointswhy not select the element directly instead of creating the ID "logo"?
couldn't we have selected Header and then the anchor instead of creating the "logo" class?
2 Answers
Damien Watson
27,419 PointsIt is cleaner to use the 'id' and makes it easier to target the element. You could select the logo directly by doing something like the below. This will select the first direct child 'a' of header but later if the element is moved, you would have to figure out where it then sits in the hierarchy.
header > a:first-child { }
If you just did the following, you would hit all anchor tags in the header which isn't what you want either.
header a {}
Jaykuan Medina
4,462 PointsI feel that there is more room for error when putting the a anchor tag. its a safer bet knowing that the ID will only pick this one element instead.