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Vic Mercier
3,276 PointsWhat is the difference between a descendant and a child.
I am mixed up in the jQuery introduction
1 Answer
Ezra Siton
12,644 PointsLook at the DOM like a family tree (what the difference in family between child and descendant?)
Code example:
<section>
<div class="child-of-section descendant-of-section">
<p class="descendant-of-section">
</p>
<p class="i-am-also-descendant-of-section">
</p>
</div>
<p id="i-am-also-a-child-of-section descendant-of-section">
</p>
</section>
Related links:
- https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1182189/css-child-vs-descendant-selectors
- https://www.w3schools.com/css/css_combinators.asp
- https://www.w3schools.com/cssref/tryit.asp?filename=trycss_sel_element_gt
W3C Definitions:
- https://www.w3.org/TR/css3-selectors/#child-combinators
- https://www.w3.org/TR/css3-selectors/#descendant-combinators
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