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Hi Team,

Could you please help us in applying the CSS to nested elements inside the slot.

Eg:

Render me in a slot

How can we apply the css to span with class redText inside a P tag which is a slot. It would be helpful if you can share some examples. I have already gone through your workarounds, but couldn't execute it.

Workaround 1 - Use Javascript To Style

(1) Access the slotted elements from javascript by using @queryAssignedElements (See https://lit.dev/docs/components/shadow-dom/#query-assigned-nodes)

(2) For each slotted element, parse its dom tree and style the child nodes using javascript (e.g. childelement.style.backgroundColor = '#ff0';)

Workaround 2 - Copy Slotted HTML to Another Div

(1) Access the slotted elements from javascript by using @queryAssignedElements (See https://lit.dev/docs/components/shadow-dom/#query-assigned-nodes)

(2) For every slotted element under consideration, copy-paste its outerHTML to another empty div, placed next to it.

(3) Since these initially empty divs are not from the slots, you can setup static css rules for them.

(4) Empty the slots after the copy pasting into the adjacent divs is complete.

Regards
Rajesh

Start with the linked Shadow DOM documentation and review the reported slot example and the two listed workarounds. Determine whether the documentation needs a focused example for styling nested assigned content; done means the relevant guidance and example are added to lit.dev and address the reported question.

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