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title: "Select any element and change its property via nth-child selector"
description: "Select any element and change its property via nth-child selector"
author: "Ethan Karla"
published: 2021-07-28
updated: 2023-11-26
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/156648/select-any-element-and-change-its-property-via-nth-child-selector
category: "jquery"
tags: ["jquery"]
reading_time: 1 minute
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# Select any element and change its property via nth-child selector
How to [select](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/160534/orderby-then-select-vs-select-then-orderby-performance) any element and change its [property](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/205/property-notification-in-c-sharp) via nth-child [selector](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/23419/action-selector-in-mvc)?
## Replies
### Reply by Aryan Kumar
Certainly! You can use the **:nth-child** selector to target a specific child element based on its position within its parent. Here's an example using jQuery to change the background color of the third child element of a container:
```plaintext
Change Property via nth-child Selector
```
In this example:
- The **:nth-child(3)** selector is used to target the third child element within the **.container**.
- jQuery's **css()** method is then used to change the background color of the selected element.
You can customize the selector and the property changes based on your specific needs.
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