Sent by Anders Nawroth on 23 July 2003 23:11
Alex Jones wrote:
> Style Naming Convention
>
> - Do not start an ID or class with a digit or use underscores as they
> may not work in all browsers.
The spec. says:
<cite>
In CSS2, identifiers (including element names, classes, and IDs in
selectors) can contain only the characters [A-Za-z0-9] and ISO 10646
characters 161 and higher, plus the hyphen (-); they cannot start with a
hyphen or a digit.
</cite>
Underscores shouldn't be used AT ALL in CSS identifiers, they are not
standards compliant. Hypens are a nice alternative to make the
identifiers more readable.
> - Classes and IDS should never be an adjective or infer placement as a
> future redesign may not place the item in the same spot, or use the same
> background color. So, instead of using an ID of "TopBox", use an ID
> specific to its contents, perhaps "GlobalNav".
This is a very good point, IMHO.
It separates presentation from content even more, and gives you
identifiers that make sense.
/Anders
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