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CSS CSS Basics (2014) Understanding Values and Units Rem Units

IT Team Developer
IT Team Developer
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Posted by IT Team Developer
IT Team Developer
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Which element is the ROOT element in rem?

rem will based on the size of root element, which element is the root? Is it always Body (if i defined font size in body)?

1 Answer

andren
andren
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andren
andren
28,538 Points

The root element is the topmost element. In a HTML document that is the html element itself, which is above even the body element.

B.B. Groeneveld
B.B. Groeneveld
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Hi andren,

Just to be sure.... I therefore define the font-size in html, most likely in percentages. Right?