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CSS

Posted by Omer Asadullah
Omer Asadullah
10,415 Points

Why :root selector why not html type selector?

In video 4 of stage 3 namely Advanced Selectors of CSS deep dive, the instructor says that we use :root selector instead of using html type selector because :root selector has more specificity. I need some more elaboration on this with some examples that how :root is more specific and what advantage we can have with this specificity in terms of practical development of websites.

1 Answer

Dustin Matlock
Dustin Matlock
33,856 Points

Hey Omer!

Here's a resource on :root that should clear things up for you.

Omer Asadullah
Omer Asadullah
10,415 Points

So it means that html type selector will only work for html document where as root selector will select the root element no matter what format is used whether it is xml, svg or .html. So in this case root is more specific than html. Am I understanding it correctly?