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CSS Selector to Select Elements Not Having Certain Class / Attribute / Type
Using the CSS :not() pseudo-class, we can refine our styling by selecting those elements which do not have a specific value or does not match a selector.
Select Elements not Having a Child Selector
To select elements not having a child selector, use the :not pseudo-class in CSS.
Here, we have a child selector. The CSS child selector is used to select all the child elements with a particular parent element. It selects all the <p> elements that are children of <div> i.e.
div>p
But we have selected elements not having this div>p −
p:not(div>p) {
background-color: orange;
font-size: 1.4em;
font-style: italic;
color: blue;
}
Example
The following examples illustrate CSS :not pseudo-class −
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
p {
background-color: cornflowerblue;
color: white;
}
p:not(div>p) {
background-color: orange;
font-size: 1.4em;
font-style: italic;
color: blue;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div>
<p>Curabitur sapien diam, imperdiet ut est sed, blandit blandit velit. Nunc viverra nunc id ligula ultricies, a fringilla lacus interdum. <span>Sed vel diam at magna pellentesque porttitor.</span></p>
<h3>Demo</h3>
</div>
<p>This is a demo text.</p>
</body>
</html>
Select Elements not Having a Certain Class
We will select elements not having a certain class using the :not selector as shown below −
div:not(.parent) {
box-shadow: inset 0 0 24px tomato;
padding: 2%;
}
Above, we have the following parent class −
<div class="parent">
<div class="one">
<div class="two"></div>
<div class="two"></div>
</div>
<div class="one"></div>
</div>
Example
Let us see an example to select elements not having a certain class −
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
div {
margin: 2%;
background-color: cadetblue;
padding: 10%;
height: 80px;
}
div:not(.parent) {
box-shadow: inset 0 0 24px blue;
padding: 2%;
}
.parent{
border: 8px ridge orange;
color: white;
}
.one {
background-color: lightgreen;
border: 4px groove gray;
}
.two{
height: 20px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="parent">Parent div
<div class="one">
<div class="two"></div>
<div class="two"></div>
</div>
<div class="one"></div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
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