Selects all elements that are the first child of their parent.
While :first matches only a single element, the :first-child
selector can match more than one: one for each parent. This is equivalent to :nth-child(1)
.
jQuery( ":first-child" )
version added: 1.1.4
Examples:
Finds the first span in each matched div to underline and add a hover state.
<!doctype html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>first-child demo</title> <style> span { color: #008; } span.sogreen { color: green; font-weight: bolder; } </style> <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script> </head> <body> <div> <span>John,</span> <span>Karl,</span> <span>Brandon</span> </div> <div> <span>Glen,</span> <span>Tane,</span> <span>Ralph</span> </div> <script> $( "div span:first-child" ) .css( "text-decoration", "underline" ) .hover(function() { $( this ).addClass( "sogreen" ); }, function() { $( this ).removeClass( "sogreen" ); }); </script> </body> </html>
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