jQuery Selector :first-child select first <p> inside <div>
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.min.js"></script> <script> $(document).ready(function(){ $("div p:first-child").css("background-color", "yellow"); });/* w w w . j a va2 s . co m*/ </script> </head> <body> <p>The first paragraph in body.</p> <div style="border:1px solid;"> <p>The first paragraph in div.</p> <p>The last paragraph in div.</p> </div><br> <div style="border:1px solid;"> <p>The first paragraph in another div.</p> <p>The last paragraph in another div.</p> </div> <p>The last paragraph in body.</p> </body> </html>