Target every element inside another element

[john010117]

Hi – have another question.

Normally, when designers want to set a simple CSS reset, they’d do something like this:

Code:

* { margin:0; padding:0; }

I was wondering if I could do something like this:

Code:

#container * { margin:0; padding:0; }

What I’m trying to do is remove the margin/padding of every element inside a particular div, but not anything else outside of the div.

Is this possible?

[soap]

Yep pretty sure that will work. Have you tried it?

[john010117]

Is that seriously the correct syntax? Damn, I’m good. :D Yes, it worked. Thanks.

[soap]

Good work. I love using it for things like this: #content > *:first-child {margin-top:0;}

It has many great uses that little asterisk.

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