This example adds the same css style for the first span element (index 0).
<!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").add(document.getElementsByTagName("span")[0]).css("background-color", "blue"); });/*from w ww . j a v a 2 s. c o m*/ </script> </head> <body> <p>A p element.</p> <p>Another p element.</p> <span>A span element.</span> <span>A span element.</span><br><br> </body> </html>