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Ryan Purcell
14,039 PointsWhy are ":root" and ":target" not the correct answers for a fill in the blank final review question?
"The top-most element of an HTML document is the ____ element. We're able to target that element with the ____ pseudo-class."
I've tried responding with "root" and "target" and couple variations of one part of the answer with a starting colon and then the other. Even the video title this question is reviewing is called ":root and :target". I've looked at the MDN page for each and they use single colons. The only thing I haven't tried is "HTML" and ":target", but if that is the correct answer, then I feel the question was poorly written. I'm sure it is something completely obvious that I'm missing (like those aren't the correct answers to begin with lol). Thanks.
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Ryan S
27,276 PointsHi Ryan,
The wording is a bit confusing but the top-most element is the <html> element itself, and ":root" is the pseudo-element that targets it.
:target is used to target the "href" value of anchor tags.
Hope this helps.
Ryan Purcell
14,039 PointsRyan Purcell
14,039 PointsThanks! I knew I was trying to plug in the wrong data. I'd never used ":target" before and came back to the lesson after being interrupted. I knew you could "target", rather reference, the root element in an HTML file as ":root" but I just hadn't fully separated the concepts.