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jQuery First with Example
The first() method in jQuery selects the first element from the specified elements.
Syntax
The syntax is as follows −
$(selector).first()
Example
Let us now see an example to implement the jQuery first() method −
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
$("p").first().css("color", "blue");
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<h2>Demo Heading</h2>
<p>This is a line. </p>
<p>This is another line.</p>
<p>This is line 3.</p>
</body>
</html>
Output
This will produce the following output −
Example
Let us see another example −
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
.one {
background-color: orange;
border: 2px dashed red;
}
</style>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
$("p").first().addClass("one");
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<h2>Demo Heading</h2>
<p>This is a line. </p>
<p>This is another line.</p>
<p>This is line 3.</p>
<p>This is line 4.</p>
<p>This is line 5.</p>
</body>
</html>
Output
This will produce the following output −
Updated on: 2019-11-12T12:19:29+05:30
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