jQuery Examples - $("li:first-child")

Description

"$("li:first-child")" Selects all elements matched by <li> that are the first child of their parent.

Syntax

Here is the simple syntax to use this selector −

$("element:first-child")

Parameters

Here is the description of all the parameters used by this selector −

element − Any standard HTML tag name like div, p, em, img, li etc.
:first-child − First child selector.

Returns

This selector returns first child element.

Example

Live Demo

<html>
   <head>
      <title>The Selector Example</title>
      <script type = "text/javascript" src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.3/jquery.min.js">
      </script>
		
      <script type = "text/javascript" language = "javascript">
         $(document).ready(function() {
            /* Selects the first child.*/
            $("li:first-child").css("background-color", "yellow");
         });
      </script>
   </head>
	
   <body>
      <ul>
         <li class="big">This is index : 0 list item of the DOM.</li>
         <li class="medium">This is index : 1 list item of the DOM.</li>
         <li class="small">This is index : 2 list item of the DOM.</li>
         <li class="small">This is index : 3 list item of the DOM.</li>
         <li class="small">This is index : 4 list item of the DOM.</li>
      </ul>
   </body>
</html>

This will produce following result −

jqueryexamples_selectors.htm