<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"> <html> <head> <title>:first-child pseudo-class</title> <style type="text/css">.red { background-color : red } .t1 td:first-child { background-color : lime } p > *:first-child { background-color : lime } </style> <link rel="first" href="css3-modsel-1.html" title="Groups of selectors"> <link rel="prev" href="css3-modsel-31.html" title=":nth-last-of-type() pseudo-class"> <link rel="next" href="css3-modsel-33.html" title=":last-child pseudo-class"> <link rel="last" href="css3-modsel-d5e.html" title="NEGATED :indeterminate with :checked"> <link rel="up" href="./index.html"> <link rel="top" href="../../index.html"> </head> <body> <div align="center"> <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>This paragraph contains some text <span>and a span that should have a green background</span> </p> </body> </html>