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CSS Declaring and Using CSS Variables

Posted by Ming Chi Wong
Ming Chi Wong
2,909 Points

What does :root mean in CSS when using variables?

How does using :root in CSS differ from just using custom classes in CSS?

1 Answer

Nikita Neupane
Nikita Neupane
998 Points
Nikita Neupane
Nikita Neupane
998 Points

Hello Ming. :Root is a pseudo-class selector and it always take the top element (parent element) so it has a higher specificity than other declarations. So when you declare ":root" , it will have a higher specificity. Hope this answers your question