What's the difference between these two?

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What’s the difference between * { and :root { in CSS?

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* means ALL elements. :root means the root of the website.

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:root is the root element of the document, which is <html> tag.

* means every element tag.

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Wait so if the root isn’t all the elements of the website, what is it? Does * { also include header, etc?

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it includes EVERYTHING!

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:root selects one element, the root element (normally <html/> but not necessarily – the document may not be HTML)

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