The CSS child combinator is used to select all child elements of a parent element.
The syntax of the CSS child combinator is as follows −
Selector > Selector {
attribute: /*value*/
}The CSS descendant combinator is used to select all descendants of a parent element
The syntax of the CSS descendant combinator is as follows −
Selector Selector {
attribute: /*value*/
}Example
The following examples illustrate the CSS child and descendant combinator.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
article > * {
text-align: center;
border: 10px groove tomato;
}
::first-line {
box-shadow: inset 0 0 7px cornflowerblue;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<article>
<h2>Donec rutrum a erat vitae interdum. </h2>
<p>Duis consequat aliquet leo, quis aliquam ex vehicula in. Vivamus placerat tincidunt hendrerit. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Quisque semper ex eget nulla consectetur varius.</p>
<img src="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1612840666989- a16302e84978?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=crop&fm=jpg&h=120&ixlib=rb1.2.1&q=80&w=120" />
</article>
</body>
</html>Output
This will produce the following result −
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
body > * {
margin: 20px;
}
article p {
font-size: 24px;
box-shadow: -10px 1px 0 rgba(12,43,180, 0.6);
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<article>
<p>Neque porro quisquam </p>
<p>est qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet,</p>
<div><p>consectetur, adipisci velit.....</p></div>
</article>
<div>
<p> consectetur, adipisci velit</p>
<article>
<p> consectetur, adipisci velit</p>
</article>
</div>
</body>
</html>Output
This will produce the following result −
