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

Posted by Aaron Bailey
Aaron Bailey
Courses Plus Student 2,915 Points

How do you know what the root element is?

Where is it located? the main root element?

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

The root element is the one created with the tag name "html". It contains the "head" and "body" sections, which in turn contain all other page elements.

Aaron Bailey
Aaron Bailey
Courses Plus Student 2,915 Points

How do you know what size it is to reference it to the size of text your looking to create? Is it automatically assigned to 16px?

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

The default size is determined by the browser, but 16px is standard in common ones.