:first

Summary

The :first @page CSS pseudo-class describes the styling of the first page when printing a document.

Note: you cannot change all CSS properties. You can only change the margins, orphans, widows, and page breaks of the document. All other CSS properties will be ignored.

Examples

@page :first {
  margin: 2in 3in;
} 
Note: you may only use the absolute length units when defining the margin. Please see the page about length for more information.

Specifications

Specification Status Comment
CSS Paged Media Module Level 3
The definition of ':first' in that specification.
Working Draft No change
CSS Level 2 (Revision 1)
The definition of ':first' in that specification.
Recommendation Initial definition

Browser compatibility

Feature Chrome Firefox (Gecko) Internet Explorer Opera Safari
Basic support ? Not supported 8.0 9.2 ?
Feature Android Firefox Mobile (Gecko) IE Mobile Opera Mobile Safari Mobile
Basic support ? Not supported ? ? ?

See also

Document Tags and Contributors

 Contributors to this page: Sebastianz, kscarfone, Sheppy, teoli, brianloveswords, FredB, McGurk
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