:first-child Selector
Categories: Child Filter
jQuery(':first-child')
Description: Selects all elements that are the first child of their parent.
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jQuery(':first-child')
version added: 1.0
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)
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Finds the first span in each matched div to underline and add a hover state.
HTML:
<div> <span>John,</span> <span>Karl,</span> <span>Brandon</span> </div> <div> <span>Glen,</span> <span>Tane,</span> <span>Ralph</span> </div>
CSS:
span { color:#008; } span.sogreen { color:green; font-weight: bolder; }
Code:
$("div span:first-child") .css("text-decoration", "underline") .hover(function () { $(this).addClass("sogreen"); }, function () { $(this).removeClass("sogreen"); });