What does html>body mean when using CSS? 1

[Chomauk]

I found this little nugget but can't find much of anything explaining it on any of the CSS sites except this:
1. "Selects any body element that is a child of a html element." (I don't know what that means either.)
2. Used to hide code.


Here is the code I found:
html>body, html>body div, html>body p,
html>body th, html>body td,
html>body li, html>body dd {
font-size: small
/* be nice to Opera */
}


Anybody know what it really means/does?

thanks




"In great attempts it is glorious even to fail."
either Unknown or Vincent Thomas "Vince" Lombardi
Depends on what source you find

 

[vongrunt]

AFAIK this is CSS2 child selector:

http://www.blooberry.com/indexdot/css/syntax/selectors/element.htm#child

It also dosn't do anything in IE, so it is probably used as CSS hack... yup:

http://centricle.com/ref/css/filters/?whitebg

http://centricle.com/ref/css/filters/tests/child/

 

[Chomauk]

Thanks vongrunt!

"In great attempts it is glorious even to fail."
either Unknown or Vincent Thomas "Vince" Lombardi
Depends on what source you find