not-selector.md

:not selector

The :not psuedo selector is useful for styling a group of elements, while leaving the last (or specified) element unstyled.

HTML

<ul class="css-not-selector-shortcut">
  <li>One</li>
  <li>Two</li>
  <li>Three</li>
  <li>Four</li>
  <li>Five</li>
</ul>

CSS

.css-not-selector-shortcut {
  display: flex;
}

li {
  list-style-type: none;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0 0.75rem;
}

li:not(:last-child) {
  border-right: 2px solid #d2d5e4;
}

Demo

• One
• Two
• Three
• Four
• Five

<style> .snippet-demo__css-not-selector-shortcut { display: flex; padding: 0; } .snippet-demo__css-not-selector-shortcut li { list-style-type: none; margin: 0; padding: 0 0.75rem; } .snippet-demo__css-not-selector-shortcut li:not(:last-child) { border-right: 2px solid #d2d5e4 } </style>

Explanation

li:not(:last-child) specifies that the styles should apply to all li elements except the :last-child.

Browser support

✅ No caveats.

• https://caniuse.com/#feat=css-sel3