:first-child pseudo-class

:first-child pseudo-class Daniel Glazman CSS 3 Module W3C Selectors Next :last-child pseudo-class Previous :nth-last-of-type() pseudo-class Test # 46 of 303 Testing :first-child pseudo-class ID 32 Date 2004-03-03 Revision 1.0

green cell	1.2	1.3
green cell	2.2	2.3
green cell	3.2	3.3

This paragraph contains some text and a span that should have a green background

.red { background-color : red } .t1 td:first-child { background-color : lime } p > *:first-child { background-color : lime } <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <table class="t1" border="1"> <tr> <td class="red">green cell</td> <td>1.2</td> <td>1.3</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="red">green cell</td> <td>2.2</td> <td>2.3</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="red">green cell</td> <td>3.2</td> <td>3.3</td> </tr> </table> </div> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">This paragraph contains some text <span>and a span that should have a green background</span> </p>