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George Anagnostopoulos
3,436 Pointscss selectors
difference between child selector and descendant selector
descendant selector example :
ul li {
color:blue;
}
child selector example :
ul > li { color:blue; }
applied on an html file, both have the same effect. What is that that differentiates them ?
5 Answers
James Barnett
39,199 PointsTo add to @Sam's already excellent answer ...
div li
div > ul
samiff
31,206 PointsThe first one is selecting all li elements in a ul, the second one is selecting any li element that is directly/immediately descended from a parent ul element only. Using the second rule, try wrapping one of the li elements in a span tag and see what happens.
George Anagnostopoulos
3,436 Pointsoh, i see. i get it now. thanks a lot , I appreciate it !
George Anagnostopoulos
3,436 PointsThank you @james ! The visual explanation helped out.
James Barnett
39,199 Points@George - Your very welcome, those visual aids are courtesy of selectutorial