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

For selecting the first and second children, you can use a single :nth-child() pseudo-class like so:

ul li:nth-child(-n+2) a {
    background: none repeat scroll 0 0 beige;
}