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CSS CSS Foundations Selectors Using Combinators in Selectors

Lloyd Keogh
Lloyd Keogh
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Posted by Lloyd Keogh
Lloyd Keogh
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Descendent vs Tilda Selector

What's the difference between the Tilda selector and Descendant selector in CSS and when would you use one type over the other?

Thanks

1 Answer

James Barnett
James Barnett
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James Barnett
James Barnett
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If you prefer a demo ...

Check out http://benhowdle.im/cssselectors/ to see which elements will be selected by the different CSS selectors.

If you prefer a written explanation ...

Check out the 30 CSS selectors you must memorize blog post.

After you check out either (or both) of those great resources ...

Post any questions you've got in this thread and we'll try and clear up those up for you.

Lloyd Keogh
Lloyd Keogh
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Lloyd Keogh
Lloyd Keogh
7,252 Points

Thanks James that's helped a lot!