:first-child {<br /> //styles here<br /> }</p> <p>:nth-child(1) { //the benefit of this is you can do it for 2nd, 3rd etc…<br /> //styles here<br /> }

/*CSS First – forth child*/<br /> :first-child {}</p> <p>:nth-child(2){}<br /> :nth-child(3){}<br /> :nth-child(4){}

p:first-child {<br /> background-color: yellow;<br /> }

li:nth-child(-n+5) {<br /> color: green;<br /> }

:nth-child(1){<br /> /* css code here */<br /> }

selector:first-child{<br /> //style</p> <p>}

.MyClass>tbody>tr>td { border: solid 1px red; }

#mainTable>tbody means first tbody of table which take id mainTable