CSS element>element Selector
Example
Select and style every <p> element where the parent is a <div> element:
div > p
{
background-color: yellow;
}
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Definition and Usage
The element>element selector is used to select elements with a specific parent.
Note: Elements that are not directly a child of the specified parent, are not selected.
| Version: | CSS2 |
|---|
Browser Support
The numbers in the table specifies the first browser version that fully supports the selector.
| Selector | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| element>element | Yes | 7.0 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Note: For element>element to work in IE8 and earlier, a <!DOCTYPE> must be declared.
CSS Syntax
