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cyberhobo on 08/17/09

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jQuery: select first and/or last list items

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Select the first and last item in an unordered list. As an example, I add a CSS class to each.

In WordPress, it's not so easy to get wp\_list\_pages() to generate these classes. jQuery provides an easy out for javascript-enabled clients.

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<!-- The sort of markup generated by wp_list_pages(), but common elsewhere. -->
<ul class="menu">
	<li class="page_item">First Item</li>
	<li class="page_item">Second Item</li>
	<li class="page_item">Third Item</li>
	<li class="page_item">Last Item</li>
</ul>
<script type="text/javascript">
jQuery( document ).ready( function ( $ ) {
	// Add first and last menu item classes
	$('ul.menu li:first-child').addClass( 'first_item' );
	$('ul.menu li:last-child').addClass( 'last_item' );
});
</script>