General sibling combinator

The general sibling combinator (~) separates two selectors and matches the second element only if it follows the first element (though not necessarily immediately), and both 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 }

Example

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>
<code>More code...</code>
<span>And this is a red span!</span>

Result

Specifications

Browser compatibilityUpdate compatibility data on GitHub

See also

• Adjacent sibling selectors