CSS Based Solution:
With CSS, there is no direct way to do this as far as I am aware. However, you can do the below as a work-around solution.
fieldset .leftAddress {
display:none;
}
fieldset .leftAddress ~ .leftAddress {
display: block;
}
Explanation: The first rule sets the display
as none
for all elements with .leftAddress
class under the fieldset and then the second one sets display
to block
for all elements with .leftAddress
class which also has a preceeding sibling with the same class. Thus in total, the first element with class as .leftAddress
remains hidden.
CSS Solution Demo
Note: As pointed out by xec in comments, the CSS solution works only when used on elements which are siblings. If they are not and say there is one element with class='leftAddress'
inside a wrapper (another level) within the fieldset, both the first .leftAddress
in the fieldset and the first .leftAddress
within the wrapper in the fieldset will get hidden (like here).
So, in essence it hides the first element with that class within the same parent.
Javascript Based Solution:
If you don't have any problems with using Javascript to achieve this effect, you can do it using the below code. This solution doesn't have the limitation mentioned in the CSS based solution (sample can be seen here).
window.onload = function(){
document.getElementsByClassName('leftAddress')[0].style.display = 'none';
}
document.getElementsByClassName('leftAddress')[0]
- Gets the first element in the DOM with class name as leftAddress
. The [0]
is mandatory because getElementsByClassName
returns a list of nodes (as the plural name suggests) and hence we have to reference it like we do with any array.
style.display = 'none'
- Javascript equivalent of the CSS display: none
.
JS Solution Demo
Note: As mentioned in Point 1, this currently hides the first element with that class within the entire document. If you want to restrict it to the first element with that class within the fieldset
, that can also be done.