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CSS

Jonah Shi
Jonah Shi
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Posted by Jonah Shi
Jonah Shi
10,140 Points

Can I use html instead of :root to declear css variable? This is the question in course "Declaring and Using CSS Variabl

Can I use html instead of :root to declear css variable? Why? This is the question in course "Declaring and Using CSS Variable" with Guil

:root{ --color-primary: #278da4; --color-secondary:#b13c69; --color-bg: #3acec2; --color-bg-light: #009fe1;

--gradient: var(--color-bg-light), var(--color-bg);

--font-stack-primary: 'Raleway', sans-serif; --font-stack-secondary: 'Bree Serif', serif;

--max-width: 1000px; --gutter: 12px; }

html{ --color-primary: #278da4; --color-secondary:#b13c69; --color-bg: #3acec2; --color-bg-light: #009fe1;

--gradient: var(--color-bg-light), var(--color-bg);

--font-stack-primary: 'Raleway', sans-serif; --font-stack-secondary: 'Bree Serif', serif;

--max-width: 1000px; --gutter: 12px; }

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

You can use any rule that applies to any ancestor of the element(s) that the variables will be used in. The reason that ":root" is suggested is because it is the ancestor of all page elements.

Using "html" is equavalent to ":root", so for practial purposes the effect will be identical.