Child for the heading

[toplisek]

I have sections like:
<dl>
<dd class="benefits1">

<h2>Title1, child1</h2>
<p>dfefefewfefeffeef</p>
<p>fefefefeffhhjztjz</p>
</dd>

<dd class="benefits1">

<h2>Title1, child1</h2>
<p>dfefefewfefeffeef</p>
<p>fefefefeffhhjztjz</p>
</dd>

</dl>

As I have more columns I like to set margin left just for column one. Is this technical possible with code like:
.benefits1 h2 {
text-indent: 20px;
}
.benefits1 h2:first-child {
text-indent: 0;
}

Notice the first column which should have 0 on the left hand side. As i understand <dd class="benefits1"> is not only one. There are many and it will not be defined as text-indent: 0; inside the first dd like <dd class="benefits1">

[brandozz]

Are you expecting the h2 element in the second dd to have a text indent of 20px? It will not since the h2 element is considered the first child contained within the dd element.

[lucy24]

Your post says "margin" but the CSS says "text-indent". They're different things. And here it's possible you want neither of the two, but instead "padding".

.benefits1 h2:first-child

"Apply these rules if and only if an h2 is the first child of a .benefits". From your prose I would have thought you wanted

dl dd.benefits1:first-child

instead. It's hard to understand without seeing the site; in particular, where do the columns fit in? It doesn't sound as if you're using a multi-column layout, since that would be handled with column-spacing instead.