:root
Applies one or more styles to the element that is the root element of the document.
Syntax
:root {
sRules }
Possible values
sRules
Value that specifies one or more Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) attribute/value pairs.
Remarks
The :root pseudo-class is a structural pseudo-class. Structural pseudo-classes enable selection based on extra information in the document tree that can't be selected using simple selectors or combinators.
Standards information
This pseudo-class is defined in CSS Selectors Level 3 .
Applies to
a, abbr, acronym, address, b, big, blockquote, body, caption, center, cite, code, col, colgroup, dd, dfn, dir, div, dl, dt, em, form, hn, html, i, img, input, input type=button, input type=checkbox, input type=file, input type=hidden, input type=image, input type=password, input type=radio, input type=reset, input type=submit, input type=text, kbd, label, legend, li, listing, marquee, menu, ol, p, plaintext, pre, s, samp, select, small, span, strike, strong, sub, sup, table, tbody, td, textarea, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, var, xmp
See also
Concepts
:empty
:first-child
:first-of-type
:last-child
:last-of-type
:nth-child
:nth-last-child
:nth-last-of-type
:nth-of-type
:only-child
:only-of-type
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