CSS first-line pseudo-element

Allows styling specifically for the first line of text using the ::first-line pseudo-element. Note that only a limited set of properties can be applied.

Spec	https://drafts.csswg.org/selectors-3/#first-line
Status	W3C Recommendation

IE	Edge	Firefox	Chrome	Safari	Opera
			98
		95	97
		94	96	TP
11	95	93	95	15	80
10	94	92	94	14.1	79
9	93	91	93	14	78
8 (1)	92	90	92	13.1	77
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7 (1)	91	89	91	13	76
6 (1)	90	88	90	12.1	75
5.5 (1)	89	87	89	12	74
	88	86	88	11.1	73
	87	85	87	11	72
	86	84	86	10.1	71
	85	83	85	10	70
	84	82	84	9.1	69
	83	81	83	9	68
	81	80	81	8	67
	80	79	80	7.1	66
	79	78	79	7	65
	18	77	78	6.1	64
	17	76	77	6	63
	16	75	76	5.1	62
	15	74	75	5	60
	14	73	74	4	58
	13	72	73	3.2	57
	12	71	72	3.1	56
		70	71		55
		69	70		54
		68	69		53
		67	68		52
		66	67		51
		65	66		50
		64	65		49
		63	64		48
		62	63		47
		61	62		46
		60	61		45
		59	60		44
		58	59		43
		57	58		42
		56	57		41
		55	56		40
		54	55		39
		53	54		38
		52	53		37
		51	52		36
		50	51		35
		49	50		34
		48	49		33
		47	48		32
		46	47		31
		45	46		30
		44	45		29
		43	44		28
		42	43		27
		41	42		26
		40	41		25
		39	40		24
		38	39		23
		37	38		22
		36	37		21
		35	36		20
		34	35		19
		33	34		18
		32	33		17
		31	32		16
		30	31		15
		29	30		12.1
		28	29		12
		27	28		11.6
		26	27		11.5
		25	26		11.1
		24	25		11
		23	24		10.6
		22	23		10.5
		21	22		10.0-10.1
		20	21		9.5-9.6
		19	20		9
		18	19
		17	18
		16	17
		15	16
		14	15
		13	14
		12	13
		11	12
		10	11
		9	10
		8	9
		7	8
		6	7
		5	6
		4	5
		3.6	4
		3.5
		3
		2

Safari on iOS	Opera Mini	Android Browser	Blackberry Browser	Opera Mobile	Android Chrome	Android Firefox	IE Mobile	Android UC Browser	Samsung Internet	QQ Browser	Baidu Browser	KaiOS Browser
15	all	94	10	64	94	92	11	12.12	15.0	10.4	7.12	2.5
14.5-14.8		4.4.3-4.4.4	7	12.1			10		14.0
14.0-14.4		4.4		12					13.0
13.4-13.7		4.2-4.3		11.5					12.0
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13.3		4.1		11.1					11.1-11.2
13.2		4		11					10.1
13.0-13.1		3		10					9.2
12.2-12.5		2.3							8.2
12.0-12.1		2.2							7.2-7.4
11.3-11.4		2.1							6.2-6.4
11.0-11.2									5.0-5.4
10.3									4
10.0-10.2
9.3
9.0-9.2
8.1-8.4
8
7.0-7.1
6.0-6.1
5.0-5.1
4.2-4.3
4.0-4.1
3.2

Notes

1. IE8 only supports the single-colon CSS 2.1 syntax (i.e. :first-line). It does not support the double-colon CSS3 syntax (i.e. ::first-line).

Resources

• MDN Web Docs - ::first-line
• CSS tricks article