Web/CSS/Adjacent sibling combinator

The adjacent sibling combinator (+) separates two selectors and matches the second element only if it immediately follows the first element, and both are children of the same parent element.

/* Paragraphs that come immediately after any image */
img + p {
  font-weight: bold;
}

Syntax

former_element + target_element { style properties }

Examples

CSS

li:first-of-type + li {
  color: red;
}

HTML

<ul>
  <li>One</li>
  <li>Two!</li>
  <li>Three</li>
</ul>

Result

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
Selectors Level 4The definition of 'next-sibling combinator' in that specification.	Working Draft	Renames it the "next-sibling" combinator.
Selectors Level 3The definition of 'Adjacent sibling combinator' in that specification.	Recommendation
CSS Level 2 (Revision 1)The definition of 'Adjacent sibling selectors' in that specification.	Recommendation	Initial definition.

Browser compatibility

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	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
Adjacent sibling combinator (`A + B`)	Chrome Full support 1	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 1	IE Full support 7 Notes' Full support 7 Notes' Notes' Internet Explorer 7 doesn't update the style correctly when an element is dynamically placed before an element that matched the selector. Notes' In Internet Explorer 8, if an element is inserted dynamically by clicking on a link the first-child style isn't applied until the link loses focus.	Opera Full support 3.5	Safari Full support 1	WebView Android Full support ≤37	Chrome Android Full support 18	Firefox Android Full support 4	Opera Android Full support 10.1	Safari iOS Full support 1	Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0

Legend

Full support: Full support
See implementation notes.': See implementation notes.