Style just the parent

Asked Apr 12 '18 at 16:10

Active Apr 12 '18 at 16:10

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I have an element like that

<h4><a href="#">Something</a></h4>
<h4>Something else</h4>

And I'd like to style the parental h4-element. Is that possible? So I am looking for somtehhing like

h4~ h4>a{
// I don't know the correct operator instead of "~"
border-bottom:10px solid blue;
}
h4{
border-bottom.5px solid red;
}

asked Apr 12 '18 at 16:10

Daiaiai

Unfortunately, no, this can not be done. You'll need to use another method to indicate which `h4` should be styled as CSS does not support backward or upward traversal of the DOM tree. – Joseph Marikle Apr 12 '18 at 16:14
In this particular case, you can style the itself, since it's the only element in the
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– Mr Lister Apr 12 '18 at 19:39

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