parent selectors

The `:focus-within` Pseudo Class

# May 12, 2017 By Chris Coyier

Nice find by Ian Devlin:

The :focus-within pseudo class becomes active when an element itself has focus or if any of its descendants does.

Selecting a parent element based on children is lonnng awaited. The crown jewel of that is :has(). I wonder if that's getting closer.

:focus-within parent selectors

Caching the Current Selector (&) in Sass

# February 14, 2017 By Chris Coyier

The & character in Sass is unique in that it represents the current selector. It changes as you nest. Let's say you are nested, but you want access to a selector back up the nesting a bit. The trick is to cache & and use it deeper in the nesting. (more…)