CSS Child Selector

The child elements of the parent element are selected using CSS property. We can use single, multiple or last-child elements. The child selector can help to get all child elements of the required parent element. There are three types of child elements selected from CSS. All child elements, nth child elements, and only child elements can be used with CSS properties. We can see the CSS child element with the syntax and examples.

Syntax

The following syntax shows the CSS child selector.

Examples

The following examples show all the available elements inside the parent's elements. We can use css design for the child elements.

Example 1:

The example shows the basic CSS property for the child selector. We can change the font size, background colour, or other simple designs.

Output

The output shows all basic child elements.

Example 2:

The example shows the basic CSS property for the child selector. We can change the font size, border, background colour, or other simple designs. We can use the same HTML tags for parent and inside child elements.

Output

The output shows basic child elements.

Example 3:

The example shows the basic CSS property for the child selector. We can use the hover effect for the child selector of the required element. We can use the same or different html tags for parent and inside child elements.

Output

The output shows all child elements with a hover effect.

Example 4:

The example shows the basic CSS property for the child selector. We can use a simple design and hover effect for the child selector of the element with class and id tags.

Output

The output shows all child elements with a hover effect.

Conclusion

The CSS child selector refers to and designs all child elements of the main element. We can operate an advanced design with the tags.