jQuery first() with Example



The first() method in jQuery selects the first element from the specified elements.

Syntax

The syntax is as follows −

$(selector).first()

Example

Let us now see an example to implement the jQuery first() method −

<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.min.js"></script> <script>    $(document).ready(function(){       $("p").first().css("color", "blue");    }); </script> </head> <body> <h2>Demo Heading</h2> <p>This is a line. </p> <p>This is another line.</p> <p>This is line 3.</p> </body> </html>

Output

This will produce the following output −

Example

Let us see another example −

<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <style>    .one {       background-color: orange;       border: 2px dashed red;    } </style> <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.min.js"></script> <script>    $(document).ready(function(){       $("p").first().addClass("one");    }); </script> </head> <body> <h2>Demo Heading</h2> <p>This is a line. </p> <p>This is another line.</p> <p>This is line 3.</p> <p>This is line 4.</p> <p>This is line 5.</p> </body> </html>

Output

This will produce the following output −

Updated on: 2019-11-12T12:19:29+05:30

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