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What is a CSS Child Selector?

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What is a CSS Child Selector?

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A CSS child selector applies to the elements that are children of another element. A child element is an element that is the immediate or direct descendant of another element. For example all the

  • elements in an unordered list are children of the
      . But any anchors on the

    • elements are not children of the
        :

        Define child selectors by using two type selectors separated by a greater-than sign (>). li > a { text-decoration : none ; } If you have the following CSS: p > strong { color : purple ; } Think about how it would impact the following HTML:

        Text in a div with a strong element inside of it.

        HTML in a paragraph with a strong element inside of it.

    • Only the second strong element will be purple.

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