This works fine in my Firefox 3.5.6 *****************
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> <p class="s">some content</p> <p class="s">some content</p> <p class="s">some content</p> <p class="s">some content</p> <p class="s">some content</p> <p class="s">some content</p> <p class="s">some content</p> <p class="s">some content</p> <p class="s">some content</p> <p class="s">some content</p> <script src="jquery.js"></script> <script> $(document).ready(function() { $(".s:gt(2)").css("color", "red"); }); </script> </body> </html> ********************* Show us your code....