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General sibling combinator

The general sibling combinator (~) separates two selectors and matches all iterations of the second element, that are following the first element (though not necessarily immediately), and are children of the same parent element.

/* Paragraphs that are siblings of and
   subsequent to any image */
img ~ p {
  color: red;
}

Syntax

former_element ~ target_element { style properties }

Examples

CSS

p ~ span {
  color: red;
}

HTML

<span>This is not red.</span>
<p>Here is a paragraph.</p>
<code>Here is some code.</code>
<span>And here is a red span!</span>
<span>And this is a red span!</span>
<code>More code…</code>
<div>How are you?</div>
<p>Whatever it may be, keep smiling.</p>
<h1>Dream big</h1>
<span>And yet again this is a red span!</span>

Result

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
General_sibling_combinator 1 12 1
7Before Internet Explorer 10, the combinator only works in standards mode.
9 3 ≤37 18 4 14 1 1.0

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/General_sibling_combinator