Style every element that is the second child of its parent with CSS


To style every <p> element that is the second child of its parent with CSS, use the CSS :nth-child(n) selector.

Example

You can try to run the following code to implement the :nth-child(n) selector

Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
   <head>
      <style>
         p:nth-child(4) {
            background: orange;
            color: white;
         }
      </style>
   </head>
   <body>
      <p>This is demo text 1.</p>
      <p>This is demo text 2.</p>
      <p>This is demo text 3.</p>
      <p>This is demo text 4.</p>
      <p>This is demo text 5.</p>
      <p>This is demo text 6.</p>
   </body>
</html>

Updated on: 30-Jun-2020

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