- Tags: Pseudo-Class, Selector
- Categories: CSS Reference, CSS Selectors, Reference
Quick Reference
The :nth-of-type() selector selects all elements that are the nth child of a specified type, of their parent.
What this means is that the counting of the child elements DOES take into account the type of element. If the first child was an h1, the second an h2, and then the p. The paragraph is the third child, BUT it’s also the first of type (the first p tag). A second p tag after that, would be the :nth-of-type(2). In other words, we’re only counting the types specified.
So in the example below, we are looking for each second paragraph of the parent and selecting it.
/* selects every HTML paragraph that is also the second paragraph of its parent */
p:nth-of-type(2) {
background-color: black;
}
Selecting Multiple Elements
#intro, #footer, .my_paragraphs, h3 {
background: white;
}
Increasing Specificity
.grandfather #son .child p {
background: white;
}
h1.intro, p#footer, h1#header.primary, #sidebar#topper.image {
background: white;
}
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