Apply style to cells of first row

Question

It should be very simple but I can't figure it out.

I have a table like this :

<table class="category_table">  <tr><td> blabla 1</td><td> blabla 2 </td></tr>  <tr><td> blabla 3 </td><td> blabla 4 </td></tr> </table> 

I want to make td tags of first tr row have vertical-align. But not the second row.

.category_table td{     vertical-align:top; } 

Answer 1

Use tr:first-child to take the first tr:

.category_table tr:first-child td {     vertical-align: top; } 

If you have nested tables, and you don't want to apply styles to the inner rows, add some child selectors so only the top-level tds in the first top-level tr get the styles:

.category_table > tbody > tr:first-child > td {     vertical-align: top; } 

Answer 2

This should do the work:

.category_table tr:first-child td {     vertical-align: top; }