Don't know what > div does

Question

Don't understand the: > div

.flex-container > div {
  background-color: #f1f1f1;  
}

found it here https://www.w3schools.com/css/tryit.asp?filename=trycss3_flexbox_flex-wrap_nowrap8

Answer 1

Your code will target all direct children elements of flex-container that are div elements.

This is how the > selector works in CSS.