E > F
| an F element child of an E element
@@ -2964,19 +2964,16 @@ Typed Child-indexed Pseudo-classes
Combinators
-Descendant combinator ( ) or (>>)
+Descendant combinator ( )
At times, authors may want selectors to describe an element that is
the descendant of another element in the document tree (e.g., "an
em element that is contained within an H1 element").
The descendant combinator expresses such a relationship.
- It has two syntactic forms:
-
- - whitespace that separates two compound selectors or
-
- A doubled child selector (>>)
-
- A selector of the form ''A B'' or ''A >> B''' represents an element B that is an
+ A descendant combinator is whitespace that separates two compound selectors.
+
+ A selector of the form ''A B'' represents an element B that is an
arbitrary descendant of some ancestor element A.
@@ -3012,12 +3009,6 @@ Descendant combinator ( ) or ( >>)
div p *[href]
>> form is introduced in Level 4.
- It was introduced to give the descendant combinator a visible, non-whitespace form
- and to bridge the gap between the child combinator (>)
- and the shadow-piercing descendant combinator (>>>) [[CSS-SCOPING-1]].
-
Child combinator (>)
@@ -3311,7 +3302,7 @@ Grammar
<simple-selector> = <> | <>
- <combinator> = '>>' | '>' | '+' | '~' | [ '||' ]
+ <combinator> = '>' | '+' | '~' | [ '||' ]
<type-selector> = <> | <>? '*'
@@ -3720,7 +3711,6 @@ Changes
Significant changes since the 2 May 2013 Working Draft include:
- - Added the ''>>'' notation for the descendant selector.
- Added the '':target-within'', '':focus-within'', '':focus-visible'', '':playing'', and '':paused'' pseudo-classes.
- Added a zero-specificity '':matches()''-type pseudo-class, with name TBD.
- Replaced subject indicator (''!'') feature with '':has()''.
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