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:first

The :first CSS pseudo-class, used with the @page at-rule, represents the first page of a printed document.

/* 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

Example

HTML

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

CSS

@page :first {
  margin-left: 50%;
  margin-top: 50%;
}

p {
  page-break-after: always;
}

JavaScript

document.querySelector("button").onclick = function () {
  window.print();
}

Result

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.

Specifications

Browser compatibilityUpdate compatibility data on GitHub

Desktop
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari
Basic support ? Yes No 8 9.2 ?
Mobile
Android webview Chrome for Android Edge Mobile Firefox for Android Opera for Android iOS Safari Samsung Internet
Basic support ? ? Yes No ? ? ?

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/:first