Usage of pseudoclasses
New pseudoclasses are opening new horizons for CSS/HTML coders. Most of the features like first-child, last-child, and nth-child, were added with JavaScript code. For example, using jQuery code, you could get a list element and add specific classes to the first/last/nth element, and then to properly create a selector, you could add a CSS code.
But when it is natively supported by a browser, it is better to use CSS. Let's gather basic knowledge about this feature.
How to use :first-child, :last-child, :nth-child()
A short introduction to these pseudoelements is as follows:
:first-child: This points to the element that is the first child of its parent:last-child: This points to the element that is the last child of its parent ...
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