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Asked: 2026-05-25T19:41:18+00:00

I’ve often seen css with classes that only modify a single property. For example,

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I’ve often seen css with classes that only modify a single property. For example,

.ns-center-text{
    text-align: center;
}

What are the advantages and disadvantages of this technique?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Advantages

    • You can add a class in the HTML for quick and easy presentational things.
    • You only have to add this declaration once in your CSS, instead of many times for each selector (or grouping a whole bunch of them).

    Disadvantages

    • You tie presentation to the information layer.
    • You may end up with many classes on your elements.
    • Classes should be descriptive of content, not their presentation.
    • Have to touch the HTML to affect the website’s presentation.

    I’d recommend against using this.

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