[javascript] How to select first child with jQuery?

How do I select the first div in these divs (the one with id=div1) using first child selectors?

<div class="alldivs">
   <div class="onediv" id="div1">
   </div>
   <div class="onediv" id="div2">
   </div>
   <div class="onediv" id="div3">
   </div>
</div>

$('div.alldivs :first-child');

Or you can just refer to the id directly:

$('#div1');

As suggested, you might be better of using the child selector:

$('div.alldivs > div:first-child')

If you dont have to use first-child, you could use :first as also suggested, or $('div.alldivs').children(0).

Hi we can use default method "first" in jQuery

Here some examples:

When you want to add class for first div

  $('.alldivs div').first().addClass('active');

When you want to change the remove the "onediv" class and add only to first child

   $('.alldivs div').removeClass('onediv').first().addClass('onediv');

As @Roko mentioned you can do this in multiple ways.

1.Using the jQuery first-child selector - SnoopCode

   $(document).ready(function(){
    $(".alldivs onediv:first-child").css("background-color","yellow");
        }

2. Using jQuery eq Selector - SnoopCode

    $( "body" ).find( "onediv" ).eq(1).addClass( "red" );
   

3. Using jQuery Id Selector - SnoopCode

      $(document).ready(function(){
        $("#div1").css("background-color: red;");
      });
   

Use the :first-child selector.

In your example...

$('div.alldivs div:first-child')

This will also match any first child descendents that meet the selection criteria.

While :first matches only a single element, the :first-child selector can match more than one: one for each parent. This is equivalent to :nth-child(1).

For the first matched only, use the :first selector.

Alternatively, Felix Kling suggested using the direct descendent selector to get only direct children...

$('div.alldivs > div:first-child')