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The & operator is the parent selector. When used in or as a selector, it is replaced with the full parent selectors (entire sequence of selectors right upto to the topmost level of a nested block) in the final CSS output. It is useful when creating nested rules that require using the parent sel...

Less allows the usage of the parent selector (&) anywhere in a complex selector and thus allows changing styles when the current element is within another element which gives it a different context: For example, in the below code the parent selector is placed at the end and thus it actually be...

Less doesn't put any restrictions on the number of times the parent selector (&) can be used in a complex selector and so, we can use it more than once like in the below examples to select sibling elements without the need to repeat the selector. .demo { border: 1px solid black; /* add borde...