HTML & CSS 2020 Tutorial 24 - Parent and child elements

Daniel Wood2 minutes read

Elements in a webpage can have parent-child relationships in CSS, allowing for specific styling based on containment to create specific themes for different elements. The body element is a parent that contains child elements like paragraphs, divs, images, and tables, with divs able to contain paragraphs, establishing a parent-child relationship within the webpage.

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  • CSS allows for styling elements on a webpage based on their parent-child relationships, enabling specific design themes for different elements.
  • The body element in CSS can only be a parent, while other elements like divs can act as both parents and children, forming intricate relationships that impact styling choices.

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  • What is the relationship between elements in CSS?

    Elements can be parents and children, except for body.

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Parent-child relationships in CSS styling elements.

  • In CSS, elements in a webpage can be both parents and children, except for the body element which can only be a parent.
  • The body section of a webpage is a parent that contains child elements like paragraphs, divs, images, and tables.
  • Elements like divs can contain paragraphs, creating a parent-child relationship within a webpage.
  • CSS code can be used to style elements based on their parent-child relationships, allowing for specific styling based on containment.
  • By specifying parent-child relationships in CSS, different elements on a webpage can be styled differently, creating specific themes for various elements.
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