Which CSS selector is stronger? [duplicate]

Question

Which selector is stronger?

#nav li.current

or

div #nav li

and second

a.test

or

.test .test

What is the answer?

Answer 1

From the spec:

A selector's specificity is calculated as follows:

• count the number of ID selectors in the selector (= a)
• count the number of class selectors, attributes selectors, and pseudo-classes in the selector (= b)
• count the number of type selectors and pseudo-elements in the selector (= c)
• ignore the universal selector

Selectors inside the negation pseudo-class are counted like any other, but the negation itself does not count as a pseudo-class.

Concatenating the three numbers a-b-c (in a number system with a large base) gives the specificity.

Examples:

*               /* a=0 b=0 c=0 -> specificity =   0 */
LI              /* a=0 b=0 c=1 -> specificity =   1 */
UL LI           /* a=0 b=0 c=2 -> specificity =   2 */
UL OL+LI        /* a=0 b=0 c=3 -> specificity =   3 */
H1 + *[REL=up]  /* a=0 b=1 c=1 -> specificity =  11 */
UL OL LI.red    /* a=0 b=1 c=3 -> specificity =  13 */
LI.red.level    /* a=0 b=2 c=1 -> specificity =  21 */
#x34y           /* a=1 b=0 c=0 -> specificity = 100 */
#s12:not(FOO)   /* a=1 b=0 c=1 -> specificity = 101 */

Answer 2

You can follow the following rules to calculate selectors as points.

A tag selector is worth 1 point.

A class selector is worth 10 points.

An ID selector is worth 100 points.

An inline style is worth 1,000 points.

#nav li.current = 100 + 1+10 = 111

div #nav li = 1 + 100 + 1 = 102

a.test = 1+10 = 11

.test .test = 10+10 = 20