Using Class/ID in Semantic Tags

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#1

Working on this exercise: https://www.codecademy.com/paths/full-stack-engineer-career-path/tracks/fscp-22-fundamentals-of-html/modules/wdcp-22-semantic-html/lessons/semantic-html/exercises/main-and-footer

When I’m replacing the non-semantic “div” tags with semantic tags like “main” and “footer”, should I still keep an ID or Class associated with tag?

For example: main id=“main”. When referencing the element in the CSS file, is there any benefit from referencing from the actual element type, verse the element ID or class?

Thanks!

#2

If we are to assume there will be only one MAIN element, then that is enough to hook it with CSS or JS (using a type selector). The only reason for giving it an id is if one wishes to hook it with an HREF…

 <a href="#main">Main</a>
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