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CSS CSS Selectors Advanced Selectors :root and :target

Spencer Renfro
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Spencer Renfro
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Posted by Spencer Renfro
Spencer Renfro
Courses Plus Student 11,133 Points

The animation in the teachers note: the hash in the browser's URL does not change when clicking the eat button.

In the video explanation of the pseudo class :target, when the buttons are clicked for the different columns the url changes, however this is not the case in the animation link provided in the teachers notes. Why is that?

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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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That example uses codepen, which simulates the environment within a frame on the page. Your browser's URL always points to the codepen page, even when the contents of the frame change.

If you copy the code to a workspace and use that instead of codepen, you'll see the behavior you are expecting.