# Adding unique class names to to the elements in the topic map

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-unique-class-names-to-to-the-elements-in-the-topic-map/29424>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** topic-map\
**Created:** [May 29, 2015, 5:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-unique-class-names-to-to-the-elements-in-the-topic-map/29424 "2015-05-29T17:30:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2015, 8:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-unique-class-names-to-to-the-elements-in-the-topic-map/29424/3 "2015-05-29T20:36:45Z")

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> [@OnceWas](#):
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> It would be very helpful, as a general development principle, to make sure to add unique classes or ids to HTML elements whenever possible.

I disagree with this. There is no need for _every single element on the page_ to have a unique class.

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