what does ~ mean in css?

[pallavi1811]

Hi

I saw some one using ~ in css. but not able to find out what it means?

Can some one please expalin or give me some referral links.

Thanks in advance!

[Paulie_D]

It’s a general sibling selector

ul ~ p {
   color: red;
}

This sibling combinator is similar to X + Y, however, it’s less strict. While an adjacent selector (`ul + p`) will only select the first element that is immediately preceded by the former selector, this one is more generalized. It will select, referring to our example above, any `p` elements, as long as they follow a `ul`.

http://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/the-30-css-selectors-you-must-memorize–net-16048

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