:first-of-type
Baseline Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
The :first-of-typeCSSpseudo-class represents the first element of its type (tag name) among a group of sibling elements.
Try it
dt { font-weight: bold; } dd { margin: 3px; } dd:first-of-type { border: 2px solid orange; } <dl> <dt>Vegetables:</dt> <dd>1. Tomatoes</dd> <dd>2. Cucumbers</dd> <dd>3. Mushrooms</dd> <dt>Fruits:</dt> <dd>4. Apples</dd> <dd>5. Mangos</dd> <dd>6. Pears</dd> <dd>7. Oranges</dd> </dl> Syntax
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:first-of-type { /* ... */ } Examples
Styling the first paragraph
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<h2>Heading</h2> <p>Paragraph 1</p> <p>Paragraph 2</p> CSS
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p:first-of-type { color: red; font-style: italic; } Result
Nested elements
This example shows how nested elements can also be targeted. Note that the universal selector (*) is implied when no type selector is written.
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<article> <div>This `div` is first!</div> <div>This <span>nested `span` is first</span>!</div> <div> This <em>nested `em` is first</em>, but this <em>nested `em` is last</em>! </div> <div>This <span>nested `span` gets styled</span>!</div> <p>This `p` qualifies!</p> <div>This is the final `div`.</div> </article> CSS
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article :first-of-type { background-color: pink; } Result
Specifications
| Specification |
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| Selectors Level 4 # first-of-type-pseudo |
