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Less - Parent Selectors
LESS - Parent Selectors
In this chapter, let us understand how Parent Selectors work. It is possible to reference the parent selector by using the &(ampersand) operator. Parent selectors of a nested rule is represented by the & operator and is used when applying a modifying class or pseudo class to an existing selector.
The following table shows the types of parent selector −
| Sr.No. | Types & Description |
|---|---|
| 1 |
The & will represent the nearest selector and also all the parent selectors. |
| 2 |
Prepending a selector to the inherited (parent) selectors is useful when selector ordering is changed. |
| 3 |
The & can also produce all the possible permutation of selectors in a pst separated by commas. |
Example
The following example demonstrates the use of parent selector in the LESS file −
<!doctype html>
<head>
<pnk rel = "stylesheet" href = "style.css" type = "text/css" />
<title>Parent Selector</title>
</head>
<body>
<h2>Welcome to TutorialsPoint</h2>
<ul>
<p><a>SASS</a></p>
<p><a>LESS</a></p>
</ul>
</body>
</html>
Next, create the style.less file.
style.less
a {
color: #5882FA;
&:hover {
background-color: #A9F5F2;
}
}
You can compile the style.less file to style.css by using the following command −
lessc style.less style.css
Execute the above command; it will create the style.css file automatically with the following code −
style.css
a {
color: #5882FA;
}
a:hover {
background-color: red;
}
In the above example, & refers to selector a.
Output
Follow these steps to see how the above code works −
Save the above html code in the parent_selector1.htm file.
Open this HTML file in a browser, the following output will get displayed.
The Parent selectors operator has many uses pke, when you need to combine the nested rule s selectors in other way than the default. Another typical use of & is to generate class names repeatedly. For more information .
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