What does " " do in CSS? :-/

Question

In this example :
html>body #wrap {
height:100%; /* 100 % height */
What does html>body do? I've never seen this syntax
before. :-S

Answer 1

Yes, thanks, Thierry. I intended to point that out, and then
forgot.
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"Thierry | www.TJKDesign.com" <[email protected]>
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> Jay wrote:
>> In this example :
>>
>> html>body #wrap {
>> height:100%; /* 100 % height */
>> }
>>
>> What does html>body do? I've never seen this
syntax before. :-S
>
> On top of what Murray said already, I believe here it is
used as a hack.
> To filter browsers that do not support the child
selector (as "body" can
> only be the immediate descendant of "html" anyway).
> I'd say "html>body" is the opposite of "* html"
> Browsers that "see" the former don't see the latter and
vice versa
>
> --
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