Style every element that is the first element of its parent with CSS

To style every <p> element that is the first <p> element of its parent with CSS, use the :first-of-type selector:

Example

You can try to run the following code to implement the :first-of-type selector −

Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
   <head>
      <style>
         p:first-of-type {
            background: orange;
         }
      </style>
   </head>
   <body>
      <p>This is demo text1.</p>
      <p>This is demo text2.</p>
   </body>
</html>

Updated on: 30-Jun-2020

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