HTML Element Style How to - Highlight a list item without highlighting its children

Question

We would like to know how to highlight a list item without highlighting its children.

Answer


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style type='text/css'>
.focusNode {<!--from   w  w w.  j a  v a2 s.c o  m-->
  background-color: orange;
}

.focusNode ul {
  background-color: white;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
  <ul>
    <li>root1</li>
    <li class="focusNode">root2
      <ul>
        <li>sub1</li>
        <li>sub2</li>
        <li>sub3</li>
      </ul>
    </li>
    <li>root3</li>
  </ul>
</body>
</html>

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