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CSS

Posted by Caleb Newell
Caleb Newell
12,562 Points

Descendant Selector

Just a quick question. What is the point of the Descendant Selector, if you can use a class instead?

thanks ahead

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,261 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,261 Points

Sometimes you don't want to (or cannot get access to) change the HTML, but you want to make a styling change. Combined selectors like a descendant selector allow you to accomplish these changes entirely in CSS.