Can we set parent element style from child style?

Question

<div id="main">
    <div id="sub">
    </div>
</div>

Can I set main's style from sub's style?

possible duplicate of [Is there a CSS parent selector?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1014861/is-there-a-css-parent-selector) — Wesley Murch, Dec 19 '11 at 13:51

score 10 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 23 '10 at 10:25

Cascading Stylesheets only go (cascade) down, so they're not designed to do this at all...even in those rare cases it would be very handy if they did.

You need either JavaScript, in-line style or a different layout to get the stying you're after...but pure CSS affecting the parent isn't an option here unfortunately.

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 30 '13 at 11:47

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Using CSS4 selectors, the original question could be solved with this:

li! > a.active { /* styles to apply to the li tag */ }

edited Jan 30 '13 at 11:47

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answered Jan 30 '13 at 11:40

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 23 '10 at 10:25

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This would be possible with Javascript, but not with pure CSS.

answered Sep 23 '10 at 10:25

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Can we set parent element style from child style?

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