:nth-of-type(n)

Notes

Remarks

The :nth-of-type pseudo-class is a structural pseudo-class. Structural pseudo-classes enable selection based on extra information in the document tree that can’t be selected using simple selectors or combinators.

Syntax

<strong/>selector:nth-of-type(an+b) {...}

Parameters

selector

A CSS simple selector.
an+b
:

Standards information

• Selectors Level 3, Section 6.6.5.4

See also

Related articles

Pseudo-Classes

• :target pseudo-class selector

• :-ms-input-placeholder

• :checked

• :disabled

• :empty

• :enabled

• :first-child

• :first-of-type

• :focus

• :in-range

• :indeterminate

• :invalid

• :lang©

• :last-of-type

• :nth-child(n)

• :nth-last-child(n)

• :nth-last-of-type(n)

• :nth-of-type(n)

• :only-child

• :only-of-type

• :optional

• :required

• :root

• :target

• :valid

Selectors

• querySelectorAll

• ID

• Namespaced

• Universal

• equality

• Attribute selector

• hyphen

• prefix

• substring

• suffix

• whitespace

• :-ms-input-placeholder

• :checked

• :disabled

• :empty

• :enabled

• :first-child

• :first-of-type

• :focus

• :in-range

• :indeterminate

• :invalid

• :lang©

• :last-of-type

• :nth-child(n)

• :nth-last-child(n)

• :nth-last-of-type(n)

• :nth-of-type(n)

• :only-child

• :only-of-type

• :optional

• :required

• :root

• :target

• :valid

• ::selection

• type

Related pages

• Reference
• :root:root
• :nth-child:nth-child
• :nth-last-child:nth-last-child
• :nth-last-of-type:nth-last-of-type
• :last-child:last-child
• :first-of-type:first-of-type
• :last-of-type:last-of-type
• :only-child:only-child
• :only-of-type:only-of-type
• :empty:empty

Attributions

• Microsoft Developer Network: [Windows Internet Explorer API reference Article]