Less Parent Selectors

In Less, the parent selectors are denoted by &(ampersand) operator. The parent selectors of a nested rule are represented by & operator and is most commonly used when applying a modifying class or pseudo-class to an existing selector.

A list specifying the types of parent selectors:

Parent Selectors Example

Let's take an example to demonstrate the usage of parent selectors.

Create a HTML file named "simple.html", having the following data.

HTML file: simple.html

Now create a file named "simple.less". It is similar to CSS file. The only one difference is that it is saved with ".less" extension.

LESS file: simple.less

Put the both file ?simple.html? and ?simple.less? inside the root folder of Node.js

Now, execute the following code: lessc simple.less simple.css

This will compile the "simple.less" file. A CSS file named "simple.css" will be generated.

For example:

The generated CSS "simple.css", has the following code:

Output: