jQuery Selector :root

Introduction

The :root selector selects the document's root element.

In HTML, the root element is always the <html> element. 

$(":root")

Set the background color for the HTML document to yellow:

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
  $(":root").css("background-color", "yellow");
});/*from  w w w . j av  a2s .  c o m*/
</script>
</head>
<body>

<h1>This is a heading</h1>

</body>
</html>



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