CSS selectors

I have this piece of html right here

<section class="how-help">
    <div>How can we help?</div>
    <div>
        <input type="text" placeholder="Search">
        <svg> ... </svg> <!-- removed the svg content for space -->
    </div>
</section>

<section class="how-help">
    <div>How can we help?</div>
    <div>
        <input type="text" placeholder="Search">
        <svg> ... </svg> <!-- removed the svg content for space -->
    </div>
</section>

and I am styling it this way

.how-help {
    padding: 80px 30px 115px 30px;
    background-color: #dadbf1;
    text-align: center;
}

.how-help div:first-child {
    font-size: 5rem;
    margin-bottom: 1rem;
    letter-spacing: -4px;
    text-wrap: nowrap;
    line-height: 120px;
}

.how-help div:nth-child(2) {
    display: inline-block;
    width: 100%;
    max-width: 750px;
    position: relative;
}

.how-help div:nth-child(2) svg {
    width: 28px;
    position: absolute;
    right: 1rem;
    top: 50%;
    transform: translateY(-50%);
    transition: 0.3s;
}

.how-help div:nth-child(2):hover svg {
    fill: #4C5FD5;
}

.how-help input {
    line-height: 32px;
    width: 100%;
    box-sizing: border-box;
    padding: 1rem 1rem;
    font-size: 1.25rem;
    border-radius: 4px;
    outline: none;
    border: 1px solid black;
    box-shadow: 0 5px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
}

.how-help {
    padding: 80px 30px 115px 30px;
    background-color: #dadbf1;
    text-align: center;
}

.how-help div:first-child {
    font-size: 5rem;
    margin-bottom: 1rem;
    letter-spacing: -4px;
    text-wrap: nowrap;
    line-height: 120px;
}

.how-help div:nth-child(2) {
    display: inline-block;
    width: 100%;
    max-width: 750px;
    position: relative;
}

.how-help div:nth-child(2) svg {
    width: 28px;
    position: absolute;
    right: 1rem;
    top: 50%;
    transform: translateY(-50%);
    transition: 0.3s;
}

.how-help div:nth-child(2):hover svg {
    fill: #4C5FD5;
}

.how-help input {
    line-height: 32px;
    width: 100%;
    box-sizing: border-box;
    padding: 1rem 1rem;
    font-size: 1.25rem;
    border-radius: 4px;
    outline: none;
    border: 1px solid black;
    box-shadow: 0 5px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
}

I would like to know if the middle part of my css is an okay way to select children elements, any tips would be appreciated. I am doing it this way to avoid using too many classes for single elements

2 Replies

MarkBoots•8mo ago

If you ever decide to add/remove/re-order the elements, you'll need to adjust those selectors as well. Also, when reading the css, you have no idea what it is. So yes, be a bit more specific "How we can help" is a title, so use a headings tag (h2,h3,...), easy to select in css.

.how-help h2 { } 
.how-help .search { } 
.how-help .search input { } 
.how-help .search svg { } 
/* you could even make the search div a form */

.how-help h2 { } 
.how-help .search { } 
.how-help .search input { } 
.how-help .search svg { } 
/* you could even make the search div a form */

sosOP•8mo ago

Okay thank you for the tips. Does using headings instead of divs for a title help with SEO?

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