CSS Descendant ( ) Combinator
Example
Select and style all <p> elements inside <div> elements:
div p
{
background-color: yellow;
}
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Definition and Usage
The descendant combinator (a single space) is used to
select elements inside elements.
Elements matched by the second selector are selected if they have an ancestor (parent, parent's parent, parent's parent's parent, etc.) element matching the first selector.
| Version: | CSS1 |
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Browser Support
| Combinator | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| element1 element2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
CSS Syntax
