jQuery first()
get first from selected result
<!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 span").first().css("background-color", "yellow"); });/*from ww w.j av a 2s. c om*/ </script> </head> <body> <h1>Welcome to My Homepage</h1> <p>My <span>name</span> is CSS.</p> <p>This is a <span>test</span>.</p> <p>This <span>is</span> another test.</p> </body> </html>