Get the first <p> element in the document with class="example":
document.querySelector("p.example");
Click the button to add a background color to the first p element in the document with class="example".
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <h2 class="example">A heading with class="example"</h2> <p class="example">A paragraph with class="example".</p> <button onclick="myFunction()">Test</button> <script> function myFunction() {/*from ww w . ja v a 2 s. com*/ document.querySelector("p.example").style.backgroundColor = "red"; } </script> </body> </html>