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20,084 PointsWhat's the benefit of using a custom data-* attribute to select an element with JavaScript?
What's the benefit of using a custom data-* attribute to select an element with JavaScript and a class to target the element with CSS?
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Robert Manolis
Treehouse Guest TeacherHey Hanwen Zhang , the custom data attribute can help make it easier to target a subset of a collection of elements with JS. And the class attribute is useful for selecting a group of elements to style them all with a single CSS rule.
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20,084 PointsHanwen Zhang
20,084 PointsThank you Robert