jQuery | :first-child Selector

Last Updated : 28 Feb, 2019

It is a jQuery Selector used to select every element that is the first child of its parent.

Syntax:

$(":first-child")

Return Value: It selects and returns the first child element of its parent.

Example-1:

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
<h1> 
  <center> 
    Geeks  
  </center> 
  </h1> 
  
<head> 
    <script src= 
"https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"> 
  </script> 
    <script> 
        $(document).ready(function() { 
            $("p:first-child").css( 
              "background-color", "green"); 
        }); 
    </script> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
<div> 
    <p>Geeks for Geeks</p> 
    <p>jQuery</p> 
    <p>First Child Selector</p> 
</div> 
</body> 
  
</html> 

Output:

Example-2:

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
<h1> 
  <center> 
    Geeks  
  </center> 
  </h1> 
  
<head> 
    <script src= 
"https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"> 
  </script> 
    
  <script> 
        $(document).ready(function() { 
            $("p:first-child").css( 
              "background-color", "green"); 
        }); 
    </script> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
    <div style="border:1px solid;"> 
        <p>Geeks for Geeks</p> 
        <p>jQuery</p> 
    </div> 
    <br> 
  
    <div style="border:1px solid;"> 
        <p>Geeks for Geeks</p> 
        <p>jQuery</p> 
        <p>First Child Selector</p> 
    </div> 
  
    <div>jQuery:First Child Selector</div> 
  
</body> 
  
</html> 

Output:

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