CSS selector for a child element whose parent element has a certain class

I need to specify CSS in a style sheet file for the strong element inside a div as in code below. This strong element is inside a parent div whose class is commandBar.

<strong>Outside Div</strong> <div class='commandBar'> <button class='dBtn'>Delete</button> <strong>My Name</strong> <button class='aBtn'>Add</button> </div> 

2 Answers

To select strong elements that are descendants of an element with class commandBar, use the descendant combinator along with a class selector:

.commandBar strong 

In order to only select direct children strong elements, use the child combinator, >:

.commandBar > strong 

Depending on your markup, you may also want to specify the element type that has the class .commandBar (in this case, div):

div.commandBar strong 

Descendant Selector The descendant selector matches all elements that are descendants of a specified element.

The following example selects all <p> elements inside <div> elements:

Example

div p { background-color: yellow; } 

so in your case you would use:

.commandBar strong{ /* your css style here */ }