Posted by Harlan Messinger on 06/17/07 08:49

Jon Slaughter wrote:
> Say I'm giving a hypothetical structure such as(in reality it would be more
> complicated with arbitrary nestings)
>
> <div id="PageComments">
> <div>
> Mike Jones - Subject
> <div>
> Jone Smoth - Subject2
> <div>
> Mike Jones - Subject2
> </div>
> </div>
> <div>
> Jeff - Subject3
> </div>
> </div>
> <div>
> Mike Applehaead - Subject is dead3
> </div>
> <div>
> Cable - Subject is dead5
> </div>
> </div>
>
>
> Is there a way to apply a style recursive to it to so that each div is given
> the same style? What are the pro's and cons of inlining or using class=?

#PageComments div { [styles] }

Especially if every DIV is supposed to have the same style, why *would*
you inline if you don't have to?
>
> What I'm afraid of is that if I use some type of css recursion that it might
> slow down the browser when it is applying the styles.

Every element on the page is styled in some way or other whether it's a
purely browser-default way or a way that incorporates your own
instructions.

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