SALESFORCE-PD1 User Interface Practice Question
A developer needs to include a third-party style sheet in a Lightning Web Component. What is the standard way to load CSS styles that are stored as a static resource?
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Correct answer & explanation
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import { loadStyle } from 'lightning/platformResourceLoader';
Third-party stylesheets are loaded using loadStyle from 'lightning/platformResourceLoader' inside connectedCallback.
Answer analysis
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import { loadStyle } from 'lightning/platformResourceLoader';
Why this is correct
Correct because loadStyle is used to load static resource CSS files.
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Declaring the stylesheet in the component's metadata configuration file under <stylesheets>.
Why it's wrong here
Incorrect because metadata files do not take a <stylesheets> tag.
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import stylesheet from '@salesforce/resourceUrl/myCSS';
Why it's wrong here
Incorrect because resourceUrl only imports the path string, not the style loader utility.
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Using a standard <link> tag pointing directly to the static resource URL in the HTML template.
Why it's wrong here
Incorrect because relative static resource URLs in templates require platform resource loaders or URL resolution.
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