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CSS CSS Selectors Advanced Selectors Advanced Selectors Review

davide totaro
davide totaro
5,559 Points
Posted by davide totaro
davide totaro
5,559 Points

The top-most element in an HTML document.. is the element. We're able to target that element with the.... pseudo-class.

I know the second question is :root pseudo-class, I don't understand the first one!!

9 Answers

Barnabas Abraham
Barnabas Abraham
8,297 Points
Barnabas Abraham
Barnabas Abraham
8,297 Points

For the first part they are wanting the actual element, so 

. The second part is going to be the pseudo-class :root.

Important to include the tags when writing 
```<html>```
and the colon when writing :root.
Ana Sofía Roblero
Ana Sofía Roblero
4,500 Points
Ana Sofía Roblero
Ana Sofía Roblero
4,500 Points

this is correct answer, Thanks Abraham!

Jonathan Grieve
MOD
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points
Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points

The root element is the HTML element, so you just need to type that into the first answer. :-)

Li Mbo
Li Mbo
5,096 Points
Li Mbo
Li Mbo
5,096 Points

Shouldn't it be 1) head 2) :root ?

But I got an error!

mongst
mongst
10,841 Points

The first blank is html, and the second is :root

Prudence Chinhenga
Prudence Chinhenga
4,980 Points
Prudence Chinhenga
Prudence Chinhenga
4,980 Points

index

Richard Targett
Richard Targett
4,960 Points
Richard Targett
Richard Targett
4,960 Points

neither of these helped me. :\

Randell Purington
Randell Purington
9,992 Points
Randell Purington
Randell Purington
9,992 Points

html is the first one :root is the second one.

The top-most element in an HTML document(html) is the element. We're able to target that element with the(:root) pseudo-class.

DO NOT ADD THE () TO YOUR ANSWER. I PUT THOSE TO SHOW WHERE THE ANSWER GOES.

Katlego Nawa
Katlego Nawa
2,627 Points
Katlego Nawa
Katlego Nawa
2,627 Points

The top-most element in an HTML document is the html element. We're able to target that element with the :root pseudo-class.