CSS Selector :nth-child(n)

Description

:nth-child(n) selects elements that are the nth child. The argument is the index of the element. The indexes start at 1.

Example


<!DOCTYPE HTML> 
<html> 
    <head> 
        <style type="text/css"> 
        body > :nth-child(2) { <!--   w  w  w  . j  a  v  a 2s . co m-->
            border: thin black solid; 
            padding: 4px; 
        } 
        </style> 
    </head> 
    <body> 
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    </body> 
</html>

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The code above generates the following result.

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