Css "parent" or "this" selector

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Is there a CSS parent selector?

Is there some kind of .this selector in css?

Or maybe parent selector?

Thanks

There is no context for this question. You should re-word it before someone closes it. — Diodeus - James MacFarlane, Mar 20 '12 at 21:14
give a description of where you would desire to use the .this so we can suggest how to do it, but in short to your answer you cant specify a div using .this — Lyuben Todorov, Mar 20 '12 at 21:15

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 20 '12 at 21:17

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There is no parent selector existing in CSS.

The only thing existing that comes somehow near to that is this:

a < img { border: none; }

But this is not a parent selector. This would select a tags but only if they contained an img tag.

answered Mar 20 '12 at 21:17

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:04

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There is no parent selector in CSS. See Is there a CSS parent selector?.

Why would you need a this selector? It would be redundant, because it implies you have already selected the target element.

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answered Mar 20 '12 at 21:16

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I was just wondering. There is no real example. Thanks for your answers :) – user1275634 Mar 20 '12 at 21:18

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 20 '12 at 22:42

well, I don't know if you mean this, but you can always start from the "parent" element, and then go deeper... e.g.

div#main_div div#sub_div1 div#sub_div2 span a {
    /* your style here */
}

your style will then apply to the a-element. However, only if you have this order (sub_div2 has to be in sub_div1, which has to be in main_div) in your html code as well...

Css "parent" or "this" selector

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