I don't know how many times I've wished that I could select an HTML element that has two classes. I want to select the table rows that are both 'odd' and 'awesome'. So instead of doing this:
... <tr class="even awesome">...</tr> <tr class="odd awesome">...</tr> ...
I end up doing this:
... <tr class="even awesome even_awesome">...</tr> <tr class="odd awesome odd_awesome">...</tr> ...
I always felt dirty doing something like that, and thought there had to be a better way to do it. Well there is! It turns out that '.odd.awesome' will select those elements with both the 'odd' and 'awesome' classes.
This stylesheet:
.odd_awesome {
color: red;
size: 48pt;
}
Has now become:
.odd.awesome {
color: red;
size: 48pt;
}
And the HTML is simply:
... <tr class="even awesome">...</tr> <tr class="odd awesome">...</tr> ...
Now that I know this secret, I vaguely remember having known it many years ago (like when I was first introduced to CSS), but somehow I had forgotten it. It's like running into an old friend. "Hello Mr. CSS Selector! It's been a long time."
Now go simplify your HTML/CSS!
