how to style children of a div css code example

Example 1: css apply style to direct children

/*
Use the ">" selector to apply css to direct children of a parent element.
example: https://jsfiddle.net/dbeachnau/54w6x0pj/2/
*/

.parent > .child { color:red; }

Example 2: css all children of type

/* Affects all a inside the #nav element: */
#nav a{
  color: black;
}