Description: Selects the first matched element.
The :first
pseudo-class is equivalent to :eq(0)
. It could also be written as :lt(1)
. While this matches only a single element, :first-child can match more than one: One for each parent.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
td { color:blue; font-weight:bold; }
</style>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<table>
<tr><td>Row 1</td></tr>
<tr><td>Row 2</td></tr>
<tr><td>Row 3</td></tr>
</table>
<script>$("tr:first").css("font-style", "italic");</script>
</body>
</html>