nth-child() or first-child? how to select first AND second child in one

Question

I\'d like to select the first two list items in an unordered list. I can select the first item thus:

ul li:nth-child(1) a {
    background: none repeat scrol         


        

Answer 1

This works in IE9+ but it's not the shortest. @BoltClock's selector is the shortest solution for IE9+. I think this one is marginally easier to understand so I'll leave it as an alternative.

ul li:first-child a, ul li:nth-child(2) a
{
   background: none repeat scroll 0 0 biege;
}