Question

Just curious about which of these would be faster?

$('ul.dropdown a').first().click(function(event) {
    event.stopPropagation();
    return false;
});

or

$('.dropdown > li > a').click(function(event) {           
    event.preventDefault();
});

Is there any difference?

Answer 1

They do two different things.

I guess you’re asking about > V.S. space:
> is fatser then space, as it goes one level deep only.

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