jQuery :first-child Selector



The :first-child selector in jQuery is used to select all elements, which are the first child of their parent.

Syntax

The syntax is as follows −

$(":first-child")

Example

Let us now see an example to implement the :first-child() selector −

<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <style>    .demo {       background-color: red;       color: white;       font-size: 16px;       border: 2px blue dashed;    } </style> <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.4.1.js"></script> <script>    $(document).ready(function(){       $("p:first-child").addClass("demo");    }); </script> </head> <body> <p>This is the first line!</p> <p>This is the second line!</p> <p>This is the third line!</p> <hr> <div> <p>One</p> <p>Two</p> <p>Three</p> <p>Four</p> </div> <hr> <p>This is the last line.</p> </body> </html>

Output

This will produce the following output −

Updated on: 2019-11-05T10:06:38+05:30

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