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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<head>
<title>:first-child pseudo-class</title>
<style type="text/css"><![CDATA[.red { background-color : red }
.t1 td:first-child { background-color : lime }
p > *:first-child { background-color : lime }
]]></style>
<link rel="help" href="https://www.w3.org/TR/css3-selectors/#selectors"/> <!-- bogus link to make sure it gets found -->
</head>
<body>
<div>
<table class="t1" border="1">
<tr>
<td class="red">green cell</td>
<td>1.2</td>
<td>1.3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="red">green cell</td>
<td>2.2</td>
<td>2.3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="red">green cell</td>
<td>3.2</td>
<td>3.3</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<p>This paragraph contains some text
<span>and a span that should have a green background</span>
</p>
</body>
</html>