diff --git a/IPython/html/static/widgets/less/widgets.less b/IPython/html/static/widgets/less/widgets.less
index 42f3853..ffe3dec 100644
--- a/IPython/html/static/widgets/less/widgets.less
+++ b/IPython/html/static/widgets/less/widgets.less
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 // Pad interact widgets by default.
 .widget-interact {
-    div, input {
+    >div, >input {
         padding: 2.5px;
     }
 }