CSS Nesting

CSS nesting provides the ability to nest one style rule inside another, with the selector of the child rule relative to the selector of the parent rule. Similar behavior previously required a CSS pre-processor.

W3C Working Draft: https://w3c.github.io/csswg-drafts/css-nesting/

Usage: 88.3% + 3.7% = 92%

Support summary

IE: Not supported
Edge: 120, partial since 112, available but disabled by default since 109, notes for version 109₁, notes for version 112₃
Firefox: 117, available but disabled by default since 115, notes for version 115₂
Chrome: 120, partial since 112, available but disabled by default since 109, notes for version 109₁, notes for version 112₃
Safari: 17.2, partial since 16.5, notes for version 16.5₃
Opera: 106, partial since 98, available but disabled by default since 95, notes for version 95₁, notes for version 98₃
Safari on iOS: 17.2, partial since 16.5, notes for version 16.5₃
Opera Mini: Not supported
Android Browser: 143
Blackberry Browser: Not supported
Opera Mobile: 80
Chrome for Android: 143
Firefox for Android: 146
IE Mobile: Not supported
UC Browser for Android: Not supported
Samsung Internet: 25, partial since 23, notes for version 23₃
QQ Browser: Not supported
Baidu Browser: Not supported
KaiOS Browser: Not supported

Notes

Available behind the Experimental Web Platform features flag ↑
Available behind the `layout.css.nesting.enabled` flag ↑
Does not allow nesting of type (element) selectors without starting with a symbol, like the `&` nesting selector. Chromium issue ↑

Full support table

IE

5.5	6	7	8	9	10	11
n	n	n	n	n	n	n

Edge

12	13	14	15	16	17	18	79	80	81	83	84	85	86	87	88	89	90	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	100	101	102	103	104	105	106	107	108	109	110	111	112	113	114	115	116	117	118	119	120	121	122	123	124	125	126	127	128	129	130	131	132	133	134	135	136	137	138	139	140	141	142	143
n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n,d	n,d	n,d	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y

Firefox

2	3	3.5	3.6	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60	61	62	63	64	65	66	67	68	69	70	71	72	73	74	75	76	77	78	79	80	81	82	83	84	85	86	87	88	89	90	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	100	101	102	103	104	105	106	107	108	109	110	111	112	113	114	115	116	117	118	119	120	121	122	123	124	125	126	127	128	129	130	131	132	133	134	135	136	137	138	139	140	141	142	143	144	145	146	147	148	149
n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n,d	n,d	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y

Chrome

4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60	61	62	63	64	65	66	67	68	69	70	71	72	73	74	75	76	77	78	79	80	81	83	84	85	86	87	88	89	90	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	100	101	102	103	104	105	106	107	108	109	110	111	112	113	114	115	116	117	118	119	120	121	122	123	124	125	126	127	128	129	130	131	132	133	134	135	136	137	138	139	140	141	142	143	144	145	146
n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n,d	n,d	n,d	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y

Safari

3.1	3.2	4	5	5.1	6	6.1	7	7.1	8	9	9.1	10	10.1	11	11.1	12	12.1	13	13.1	14	14.1	15	15.1	15.2-15.3	15.4	15.5	15.6	16.0	16.1	16.2	16.3	16.4	16.5	16.6	17.0	17.1	17.2	17.3	17.4	17.5	17.6	18.0	18.1	18.2	18.3	18.4	18.5-18.6	26.0	26.1	26.2	26.3	TP
n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	a	a	a	a	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y

Opera

9	9.5-9.6	10.0-10.1	10.5	10.6	11	11.1	11.5	11.6	12	12.1	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	60	62	63	64	65	66	67	68	69	70	71	72	73	74	75	76	77	78	79	80	81	82	83	84	85	86	87	88	89	90	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	100	101	102	103	104	105	106	107	108	109	110	111	112	113	114	115	116	117	118	119	120	121	122	123	124	125
n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n,d	n,d	n,d	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y

Safari on iOS

3.2	4.0-4.1	4.2-4.3	5.0-5.1	6.0-6.1	7.0-7.1	8	8.1-8.4	9.0-9.2	9.3	10.0-10.2	10.3	11.0-11.2	11.3-11.4	12.0-12.1	12.2-12.5	13.0-13.1	13.2	13.3	13.4-13.7	14.0-14.4	14.5-14.8	15.0-15.1	15.2-15.3	15.4	15.5	15.6-15.8	16.0	16.1	16.2	16.3	16.4	16.5	16.6-16.7	17.0	17.1	17.2	17.3	17.4	17.5	17.6-17.7	18.0	18.1	18.2	18.3	18.4	18.5-18.7	26.0	26.1	26.2	26.3
n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	a	a	a	a	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y

Opera Mini

all
n

Android Browser

2.1	2.2	2.3	3	4	4.1	4.2-4.3	4.4	4.4.3-4.4.4	143
n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	y

Blackberry Browser

7	10
n	n

Opera Mobile

10	11	11.1	11.5	12	12.1	80
n	n	n	n	n	n	y

Chrome for Android

143
y

Firefox for Android

146
y

IE Mobile

10	11
n	n

UC Browser for Android

15.5
n

Samsung Internet

4	5.0-5.4	6.2-6.4	7.2-7.4	8.2	9.2	10.1	11.1-11.2	12.0	13.0	14.0	15.0	16.0	17.0	18.0	19.0	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29
n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	a	a	y	y	y	y	y

QQ Browser

14.9
n

Baidu Browser

13.52
n

KaiOS Browser

2.5	3.0-3.1
n	n

y = supported
a = partially supported, see notes
x = supported with a prefix, e.g. moz, webkit
p = supported with a polyfill
d = available but disabled by default; the feature need to be enabled in about:config, chrome://flags, etc.
n = not supported
u = unknown/untested

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