Question About Target Naming Convention in Stimulus

[Maxlemore97]

Hi there,

I’m new to Stimulus, so apologies if this question seems a bit basic.

It seems like there’s a clear naming convention for controllers and actions:
1. data-controller="controllerName"
2. data-action="action->controllerName#methodName"

Following this logic, I would have expected targets to follow a similar convention, like data-target="controllerName#targetName". Why is this not the case?

If the conflict with Bootstrap was the issue, could we not have simply used a different attribute name, such as:
1. data-origin="controllerName#originName"
2. data-element="controllerName#elementName"

Regardless, I want to thank you for creating such an amazing library and for all the hard work you’ve put into it!

Best regards,
Max

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I see how the convention used for controllers and actions wouldn’t work for values and classes. I think that answers my question.