How do you change a style of a child when hovering over a parent using material-ui jss styles

Question

I\'m using material-ui in react. Let\'s say I have this component with these styles

const useStyles = makeStyles(theme => ({
  outerDiv: {
    backgroundC         


        

Answer 1

Below is an example of the correct syntax ("& $addIcon" nested within &:hover).

import * as React from "react";
import { render } from "react-dom";
import { Grid, makeStyles } from "@material-ui/core";
import AddIcon from "@material-ui/icons/Add";

const useStyles = makeStyles(theme => ({
  outerDiv: {
    backgroundColor: theme.palette.grey[200],
    padding: theme.spacing(4),
    '&:hover': {
      cursor: 'pointer',
      backgroundColor: theme.palette.grey[100],
      "& $addIcon": {
        color: "purple"
      }
   }
  },
  addIcon: (props: { dragActive: boolean }) => ({
    height: 50,
    width: 50,
    color: theme.palette.grey[400],
    marginBottom: theme.spacing(2)
  })
}));

function App() {
  const classes = useStyles();
  return (
    <Grid container>
      <Grid item className={classes.outerDiv}>
        <AddIcon className={classes.addIcon} />
      </Grid>
    </Grid>
  );
}

const rootElement = document.getElementById("root");
render(<App />, rootElement);

Related documentation and answers:

• https://cssinjs.org/jss-plugin-nested?v=v10.0.0#use-rulename-to-reference-a-local-rule-within-the-same-style-sheet
• how to use css in JS for nested hover styles, Material UI
• Material UI: affect children based on class
• Advanced styling in material-ui