Can A Class Be A Descendent Of Another Class?

[Planet13]

Can a class be a descendent of another class?

.et_pb_section_video_bg .mejs-video { 
left:50%; position: absolute; 
}

I thought that a class could be a descendent of an element such as a div or h1 or p tag, but not another class.

Thanks in advance for any illumination.

[lucy24]

Anything can be a descendant of anything -- unless they're not allowed to be nested in the first place. No

p p

for example, with or without class names.

div.classname div.othername
div.classname div
div.classname .othername

div div.classname
div div
div .classname

.classname div.othername
.classname div
.classname .othername

et cetera. Or, for that matter,

div.inset div.inset

(two of the same name) if your structure warrants it.

You can go to multiple generations--

div.classname div div .othername ul li.thirdname ul table p.superspecial span.widget

But in real life (as opposed to, ahem, "themes" developed by teams of people who weren't speaking to each other) you rarely need to.

This applies both to classes and to IDs-- though it's pretty hard to think of a situation where you'd really need or want to spell out a style for

#idname #othername #thirdname

[Planet13]

Thank you, Lucy!