Selecting immediate Sibling Elements
Description
The immediate sibling selector selects elements that immediately follow other elements.
- Selector: firstSelector + secondSelector
- Matches: Selects elements that match the secondSelector and immediately follow an element that matches the firstSelector
- CSS Version: 2
Example
The following code shows how you can select immediate sibling elements.
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
p + a {<!--from ww w . j av a2s . c o m-->
border: thin black solid;
padding: 4px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
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<p>
This is <span lang="en-uk" class="class2">a</span> test.
</p>
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</body>
</html>
The selector will match a elements that immediately follow a p element.
Example 2
You can add more than one level.
<html>
<head>
<style type='text/css'>
body {<!--from w w w . j a v a 2 s . c om-->
font: 12px sans-serif;
}
p {
padding: 5px;
}
h1+p {
background: lightyellow;
color: darkkhaki;
border: 1px solid darkkhaki;
}
h1+p+p {
background: yellowgreen;
color: green;
border: 1px solid green;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Next Sibling Selectors</h1>
<p>The next sibling selector allows you to select an element based
on its sibling.</p>
<p>This paragraph has a yellowgreen background and green text.</p>
<p>This paragraph has no colored background, border, or text.</p>
</body>
</html>