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Discussion on: You Use Bootstrap ? Don't EVER Write Those CSS Properties

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aminmansuri profile image
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but aren't they different things?

you have a floating menu its essentially a "menu".. so everything that is a menu has its properties.

If you put the actual non-semantic properties on it then its unclear which "float-lefts" you would need to change and which remain. Ie. it lacks abstraction and meaning. You've simply put the implementation without indicating the intention.

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Marko A • Edited

They are different things, but it doesn't mean they cannot share some of the same behavior. As I've said, I don't support putting everything in utility classes, but I see the use case for some of them.

I see your point, but these utility classes usually have quite understandable names. float-left is kinda self explanatory. To be honest, I kinda like both of both worlds. I style mostly with semantic class names, creating "components" using BEM, but I also sprinkle some utility classes here and there, it's just a matter of preference.

EDIT: I might have gone a bit off topic here. If I return to the context of "If you are using Bootstrap, don't override behavior with custom classes if there are utility classes already available to you" and that's a point I agree with.