I see! In the entire time I thought this applies to any first child of p, and so are for the first h2 and first dd in any give page if first-child is declared.
p:first-child <p> The last P before the note.</p> <div class="note"> <h2> Note </h2> <p> The first P inside the note.</p> </div> How embarrassing! I'd been using first-child for over a year, probably much longer mostly for li, but only recently started using it for heading and dd, and I found it doesn't work. Thank you! tee On Mar 6, 2011, at 2:34 AM, David Dorward wrote: > Because those elements are not the first child element in their respective > containers. > > > On 6 Mar 2011, at 10:03, tee wrote: > >> http://jsbin.com/apate4/9/ >> >> dt, dd { border-top:1px solid #555;float:left } >> dt:first-child {border-top:0} >> dd:first-child {border-top:0} > > <!-- Container --> <dl> > <!-- 1st Child --> <dt>test</dt> > <!-- 2nd Child --> <dd>There should be no border top here</dd> > > Since the <dd> is not the first child, a selector using :first-child won't > apply. > > >> h2, p {background:#ddd;padding:15px;margin:5px} >> h2:first-child,p:first-child {background:#95B26B} p/s. I tried declared the >> two individually as I thought maybe they can't be grouped, but it makes no >> differences. > > <!-- Container --> <body> > <!-- 1st Child --> <dl> ... </dl> > <!-- 2nd Child --> <h2>Heading 2 this is the first-child and the bg color > should be in Olive.</h2> > > Ditto. > > -- > David Dorward > http://dorward.me.uk ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org *******************************************************************
