jQuery :first Selector

The jQuery :first Selector is used to select the first element of the specified type.

Syntax:

$(":first")

Example 1: In this example, we will select the first

element by using jQuery :first Selector.

HTML


<html>

<head>
    <script src=
"https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js">
    script>
    
    <script>
        $(document).ready(function () {
            $("p:first").css(
                "background-color", "green");
        });
    script>
head>

<body>
    <h1>
        <center>Geekscenter>
    h1>
    <p>Geeks for Geeksp>
    <p>jQueryp>
    <p>First Selectorp>
body>

html>

Output:

Example 2: In this example, we will select the first

element of the first

by using jQuery :first Selector.

HTML


<html>

<head>
    <script src=
"https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js">
    script>

    <script>
        $(document).ready(function () {
            $("p:first").css(
                "background-color", "green");
        });
    script>
head>

<body>
    <h1>
        <center>Geekscenter>
    h1>
    <div style="border:1px solid;">
        <p>Geeks for Geeksp>
        <p>jQueryp>
    div>
    <br>
    <div style="border:1px solid;">
        <p>Geeks for Geeksp>
        <p>jQueryp>
        <p>First Selectorp>
    div>
    <p>jQuery:First Selectorp>
body>

html>

Output:

Note: Above code will select only the first

element of first div. To select the first

element of second div use :first-child selector.

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