--- title: "CSS plus selector; what is it?" description: "CSS plus selector; what is it?" author: "Anonymous User" published: 2013-04-16 updated: 2013-04-16 canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/769/css-plus-selector-what-is-it category: "css-css3" tags: ["css-css3"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # CSS plus selector; what is it? Hi Everyone!\ I have seen many time in [css](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/514/background-gradient-ie7-css-problem) [file](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/59/encrypting-and-decrypting-files-using-c-sharp) greater than sign "+", but not understand why used it.Please provide any suitable demo.\ Please help me!\ ## Replies ### Reply by AVADHESH PATEL **Syntax:**\ element+element \ **Example**\ div + p Hi Tanuj!\ Selects all

elements that are placed immediately after

elements\ **For example** ```            
       
       
       
       
       
       
       

Greater Than sign (+) CSS Selector demo

       

Greater Than sign (+) CSS Selector demo

       

Greater Than sign (+) CSS Selector demo

   
``` \ From the above example, you can see "background-color" apply on "green" div and color apply on second

element only\ --- Original Source: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/769/css-plus-selector-what-is-it Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.