The CSS element selector is used to select the descendant of first element with element name matching the second selector.
Syntax
The syntax for CSS descendant selector is as follows −
element element {
/*declarations*/
}Example
The following examples illustrate CSS descendant selector −
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
div {
float: right;
margin: 25px;
padding: 5px;
width: 80px;
height: 80px;
border: solid aqua;
}
div div {
border-color: blue;
border-radius: 50%;
}
div div div {
border-color: orange;
border-radius: unset;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div>
<div>
<div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>Output
This gives the following output −
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
li li {
background-color: lightsteelblue;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<ol>
<li></li>
<ul>
<li>
<ul>
<li></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<li></li>
</ol>
</body>
</html>Output
This gives the following output −
