SELECTORS - :root Selector

The ':root Selector' is used to select the root element.

Just remember, the root element is always the <html> element.

Let us simplify with the below example.

Example :

<html>
  	<head>
    	<title> My First Programme </title>
  	</head>

  	<body>
    	<h1> JQuery </h1>
    	
    	<div class = "newClass">
    		<p class = "para1"> First Paragraph </p>
    		<p class = "para2"> Second Paragraph </p>
    		<p class = "para3"> Third Paragraph </p>
    	</div>	
    	
    	<button> Click me </button>
    	
      	<script src = "https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.7.1/jquery.min.js"> </script>
	  
      	<script>
      
			$('button').click( function() { 
            	$(':root').text("All the elements got replaced")
            });
            
      	</script>      
  	</body>
</html>

Output :

So, if you see the above output, on button click, all the contents of the HTML page got replaced with 'All the elements got replaced'.

And this happened with the ':root' element selector.

$('button').click( function() {
	$(':root').text("All the elements got replaced")
});

The moment the button is clicked, JQuery statement gets triggered.

$(':root').text("All the elements got replaced")

And replaces all the contents of the HTML page with 'All the elements got replaced'.

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