Applying css parent div

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I tried searching for option to apply css to parent div but failed to achieve it. I finally implemented the same with jquery. Do we have any option for the below jquery line to implement with css

 $('.description').parent().prev().closest('div').css('padding-top', '10px');

possible duplicate of [Is there a CSS parent selector?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1014861/is-there-a-css-parent-selector) — kumarharsh, Nov 08 '13 at 18:40

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:33

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Currently no, there is not. This is similar to a previous thread -
Is there a CSS parent selector?

However, you could just apply a class or id to your parent and select it in CSS using that newly set class/id.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:33

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answered Nov 08 '13 at 18:37

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 08 '13 at 18:51

Assuming your html looks a bit like this:

<div>
   <div class="description">
          ............
   </div>
</div>

Then the jQuery to target the parent of 'description' would be:

$('.description').parent().css('paddingTop', '10px');

Fiddle here: http://jsfiddle.net/EFmf8/ (changes colours instead of padding to better illustrate)

Pity there's no CSS selector for this . . .

Applying css parent div

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