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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<head>
<title>::first-line pseudo-element</title>
<style type="text/css"><![CDATA[p:first-line { background-color : lime }
]]></style>
<link rel="help" href="https://www.w3.org/TR/css3-selectors/#selectors"/> <!-- bogus link to make sure it gets found -->
</head>
<body>
<p>This very long paragraph should have a
first line with green background. This very long paragraph should have a first
line with green background. This very long paragraph should have a first line
with green background. This very long paragraph should have a first line with
green background. This very long paragraph should have a first line with green
background. This very long paragraph should have a first line with green background.
This very long paragraph should have a first line with green background.</p>
</body>
</html>