:nth-of-type() Selector

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:nth-of-type() Selector

Categories: Selectors > Child Filter

nth-of-type selector

Description: Selects all elements that are the nth child of their parent in relation to siblings with the same element name.

  • version added: 1.9jQuery( ":nth-of-type(index/even/odd/equation)" )

    index: The index of each child to match, starting with 1, the string even or odd, or an equation ( eg. :nth-of-type(even), :nth-of-type(4n) )

Because jQuery's implementation of :nth- selectors is strictly derived from the CSS specification, the value of n is "1-indexed", meaning that the counting starts at 1. For other selector expressions such as :eq() or :even jQuery follows JavaScript's "0-indexed" counting.

Further discussion of this usage can be found in the W3C CSS specification.

Example:

Find each span that is second in relation to its sibling spans.

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                                        <!DOCTYPE html>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        <html>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        <head>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        <style>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      .nth { color: red; }
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        </style>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"></script>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        </head>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        <body>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        <div>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        <span>John</span>,
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        <b>Kim</b>,
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        <span>Adam</span>,
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        <b>Rafael</b>,
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        <span>Oleg</span>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        </div>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        <div>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        <b>Dave</b>,
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        <span>Ann</span>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        </div>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        <div>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        <i><span>Maurice</span></i>,
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        <span>Richard</span>,
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        <span>Ralph</span>,
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        <span>Jason</span>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        </div>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        <script>
                                        
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      $( "span:nth-of-type(2)" )
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        .append( "<span> is 2nd sibling span</span>" )
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        .addClass( "nth" );
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        </script>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                       
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        </body>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        </html>
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