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Filter first element.

Description

The .first() method is used to reduce the matched set to the first element.

Syntax

Parameters

None

Return

A jQuery object containing the first element of the matched set.

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Reduce the matched set to the first element.

In the example below we select all 'td' elements within the table with the class of 'testtable' and then reduce the matched set to the first element.

$(function(){
  $('#btn1').on('click', function() {
    $('.testtable td').first()
                      .css('backgroundColor', 'orange');
  });
});

Related Tutorials

jQuery Intermediate Tutorials - Lesson 1 - Filtering Elements

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