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CSS element > element Selector

Last Updated : 03 Aug, 2023
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The element > element selector in CSS is used to style only those elements which are the children of the specific parent. The operand on the left of > is the parent and the operand on the right is the children element. 

Note: Elements that are not directly a child of the specified parent, are not selected. 

Syntax:

element1 > element2 {
//CSS Property
}

Example 1: In this example, we are using the above-explained method.

html




<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  
<head>
    <title>
        CSS element>element Selector
    </title>
    <style>
        div>p {
            color: white;
            background: green;
            padding: 2px;
        }
    </style>
</head>
 
<body style="text-align: center;">
    <div>
        <h2 style="color:green;">
            CSS element > element Selector
        </h2>
 
        <p>
            A computer science portal for geeks.
        </p>
    </div>
 
    <p>
          Geeks Classes is a quick course to cover
        algorithms questions.
    </p>
 
    <p>
          This paragraph will not be styled.
      </p>
</body>
   
</html>


Output: ele-eleExample 2: 

html




<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
   
<head>
    <title>
        CSS element > element Selector
    </title>
    <style>
        p>span {
            color: white;
            background: green;
        }
    </style>
</head>
 
<body style="text-align: center;">
    <h1 style="color:green;">
        GeeksforGeeks
    </h1>
   
    <h2>
        CSS element > element Selector
    </h2>
 
    <p>
          A computer science
          <span>
            portal for geeks.
          </span>
      </p>
</body>
   
</html>


Output: ele-ele2Supported Browsers: The browser supported by element > element selector are listed below:

  • Apple Safari
  • Google Chrome
  • Firefox
  • Opera


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