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The :first-child selector selects all HTML elements of a specified type that are also the first child of their parent element.

In the below example, if the first child of the parent element is NOT a paragraph, it will not be selected. Don’t confuse this by thinking that the first paragraph of the parent will be selected. It is only selected if it is also the first child of the parent.

				
					/* selects every HTML paragraph that is also the first child of it's parent */
p:first-child {
    background-color: black;
}
				
			
Additional Info

Selecting Multiple Elements

Increasing Specificity

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