child element css code example

Example 1: child css

p:nth-child(2)
 	{     
 		background: red;
 	}

Example 2: css child selector

/*
	Descendant selectors are used to match to any nested element. 
	Child combinators, on the other hand, only match to the direct 
	child element and are defined by the greater than symbol. 
	The selector on the right must be the direct child of the element 
	on the left.
*/
/* child combinator */ 
  parent > child {...}

/* descendant selector */ 
  parent child {...}
  ancestor descendant {...}

Example 3: descendent selector in css

The descendant combinator — typically represented by a single space ( ) 
character — combines two selectors such that 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. 

example: 
  h1 ul {
    border : 1px solid #f1f1f1;
}
Explanation: This above CSS code snippet will select all the 'ul' (unordered list)
			 tags which are preceeded by an 'h1' (header tag).
/*the best way to understand is to practice by implemetation.
Create a html file with lots of h1 and ul elements to understand by
implementing CSS on them*/

Example 4: css immediate child

.parent>.immediate-child {
  color: red;
}

Example 5: css selector for sibling element

/* Paragraphs that come immediately after any image */
img + p {
  font-weight: bold;
}

Example 6: how to use child selectors in css

ul li { margin: 0 0 5px 0; }
ul > li { margin: 0 0 5px 0; }