What is the replacement for the child selector?

Question

Since IE6 does not support the child selector (see http://kimblim.dk/csstest/#ex1), what is the alternative when dealing with this browser?

I do not want to modify the m

Answer 1

A cross-browser solution that I have used is the following. It doesn't use IE6 hacks and displays embedded lists correctly (say you need to style OL and UL nested items differently).

ul, ol {
    /* Set margins, padding, and other generic styles */
}
ul li, ul ul li, ol ul li {
    list-style-type: disc; /* unordered lists */
}
ol li, ul ol li, ol ol li {
    list-style-type: decimal; /* ordered lists */
}

It's as easy as yodeling CSS!