::first-line on inlinesIan HicksonCSS 3 Module W3C Selectors Next ::first-line after Previous Parsing: :not and pseudo-elements Test # 267 of 273 of the static tests category Testing ::first-line on inlines ID 179 Date 2004-02-29 Revision 1.0
This line should be green.
p { color: green; }
span:first-line { background: red; color: yellow; font-size: 4em; }
span::first-line { background: red; color: yellow; font-size: 4em; }
<p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><span>This line should be green.</span></p>