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CSS CSS Selectors Selectors - Beyond the Basics Combinators Challenge

Nick Ars
Nick Ars
5,341 Points
Posted by Nick Ars
Nick Ars
5,341 Points

~ method

Is is possible to do the same objective with ~ instead of +?

style.css 
/* Complete the challenge by writing CSS below */

.main-nav > li {
  display: inline-block;
  margin-left: 20px;
}


h2 ~ p {
  margin-top: .5em;
}
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Selectors</title>
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Nunito:400,300' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="base.css">
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
</head>
<body>
  <header class="main-header">
    <h1>My Blog</h1>
    <ul class="main-nav">
      <li><a href="#">About Me</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">My Work</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Get In Touch</a></li>
    </ul>
  </header>
    <div class="main">
        <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut et feugiat libero. Cras ut fermentum nisi. Nullam mattis, ipsum commodo laoreet volutpat, augue eros ornare lorem, eu interdum leo massa a nibh.</p>
        <p>In vel semper lorem. Pellentesque in quam pulvinar, fringilla justo ac, accumsan ante. Etiam in malesuada lacus.</p>

        <div class="post">
            <h2>Post Heading</h2>
            <p>Nulla eu vestibulum mauris. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae; Integer blandit ex velit, vitae consequat quam viverra at... <a href="#">read more &raquo;</a></p>
        </div>
        <div class="post">
            <h2>Post Heading</h2>
            <p>Aliquam cursus tempor molestie. Phasellus nec mattis elit. Sed fringilla laoreet magna, sodales vulputate leo auctor eu. Cras scelerisque laoreet faucibus. Proin cursus, metus... <a href="#">read more &raquo;</a></p>
        </div>
    </div>
</body>
</html>

1 Answer

andren
andren
28,558 Points
andren
andren
28,558 Points

In this specific example they would have the same effect. But in a lot of other situations they would not.

The + selector will only target an element if it is directly next to the other element you specify so h2 + p would select p elements directly besides h2 elements. The ~ selector selects all sibling elements that match the selector so h2 ~ p would select all p elements that followed a h2 element and shared the same parent.

It is easiest to explain with a simple illustration:

<div>
    <h2>Test</h2>
    <p>P1</p>
    <p>P2</p>
</div>

The h2 + p selector would only select P1 since that is the only p element directly next to a h2 element. The h2 ~ p selector would select both P1 and P2 since they are both preceded by a h2 element that shares the same parent element.

Nick Ars
Nick Ars
5,341 Points
Nick Ars
Nick Ars
5,341 Points

Thank you very much) now everything is clear!:)