== Why is this an issue? Element selections that could be matched anywhere in the document can be very slow. That's why use of the universal selector, ``++*++``, should be limited; it explicitly specifies that the match could be anywhere. === Noncompliant code example [source,javascript] ---- $( ".buttons > *" ); // Noncompliant; extremely expensive ---- === Compliant solution [source,javascript] ---- $( ".buttons" ).children(); // Compliant ---- ifdef::env-github,rspecator-view[] ''' == Implementation Specification (visible only on this page) include::message.adoc[] ''' == Comments And Links (visible only on this page) include::comments-and-links.adoc[] endif::env-github,rspecator-view[]