CSS3 :rootSelectors
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Example
Set the background color of the HTML document:
:root
{
background:#ff0000;
}
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Definition and Usage
The :root selector matches the root element of the document.
In HTML, the root element is always the HTML element.Browser Support
The numbers in the table indicate the first browser version number that supports the property.
| Selectors | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| :root | 4.0 | 9.0 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 9.6 |
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