jQuery :first-of-type Selector


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

Syntax

The syntax is as follows −

$(":first-of-type")

Example

Let us now see an example to implement the :first-of-type() 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-of-type").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>
<span>One</span>
<p>Two</p>
<span>Three</span>
<p>Four</p>
</div>
<hr>
<div>
<p>A</p>
<p>B</p>
</div>
<hr>
<p>This is the last line.</p>
</body>
</html>

Output

This will produce the following output −

Updated on: 05-Nov-2019

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