`:first` CSS pseudo-class

Baseline Limited availability

This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.

The :first CSS pseudo-class, used with the @page at-rule, represents the first page of a printed document. (See :first-child for general first element of a node.)

/* Selects the first page when printing */
@page :first {
  margin-left: 50%;
  margin-top: 50%;
}

Note: You can't change all CSS properties with this pseudo-class. You can only change the margins, orphans, widows, and page breaks of the document. Furthermore, you may only use absolute-length units when defining the margins. All other properties will be ignored.

Syntax

:first {
  /* ... */
}

Examples

Using `:first` for page print styles

Press the "Print!" button to print the example. The words on the first page should be somewhere around the center, while other pages will have their contents at the default position:

<p>First Page.</p>
<p>Second Page.</p>
<button>Print!</button>

@page :first {
  size: 8.5in 11in;
  margin-left: 3in;
  margin-top: 5in;
}

p {
  page-break-after: always;
  font: 1.2em sans-serif;
}

document.querySelector("button").addEventListener("click", () => {
  window.print();
});

Specifications

Specification
CSS Paged Media Module Level 3 # first-pseudo

Browser compatibility

	Desktop					Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Opera	Safari	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet	WebView Android	WebView on iOS
`first`	18	12	116	9.2	6	18	116	10.1	6	1.0	4.4	6