Does browser treat "id" and "class" as the same, even though they have different meaning?
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Jump to PostDepends what you're using them for. As a rule of thumb each 'id' can only be declared once, whereas you can have as many identical 'class' values as you want on a page. The id and class are used extensively as 'hooks' for css and javascript.
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Depends what you're using them for. As a rule of thumb each 'id' can only be declared once, whereas you can have as many identical 'class' values as you want on a page. The id and class are used extensively as 'hooks' for css and javascript.
In CSS, 'ids' are denoted with a # symbol before the id value and classes with a . symbol. Javascript frameworks such as jQuery have also gone for this notation.
Lusiphur commented: beat me to it... again :P +1
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