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CSS

Posted by Alexey Tseitlin
Alexey Tseitlin
5,866 Points

Cant get “nth-last-child” to work

Trying to apply styles to all of the elements except the last one. But it doesn't work.

ul {
  list-style: none;
  margin: 0;
  float: left;
  width: 100%;
  text-align: center;
}
ul li {
  height: 54px;
  width: 54px;
  border-radius: 60px;
 }

 /* /// THIS PART IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY 
 RIGHT NOW IT REMOVES MARGIN FOR ALL THE ELEMENTS/// */
 ul li:not(ul li:nth-last-child) {
 margin-left: 10px;
}

.red {background: #fc4c4f;}
.blue {background: #4fa3fc;}
.yellow {background: #ECD13F;}

<ul>
  <li class="red selected"></li>
  <li class="blue"></li>
  <li class="yellow"></li>
</ul>

2 Answers

Ayoub AIT IKEN
Ayoub AIT IKEN
12,314 Points
Ayoub AIT IKEN
Ayoub AIT IKEN
12,314 Points

Hey !

simply cause you mustnet write the (nth) , just write the last-child pseudo class !

geoffrey
geoffrey
28,736 Points
geoffrey
geoffrey
28,736 Points

Hey there !

 ul li:not(:last-child) { /* this will target all <li> nested inside ul except the last one, the last-child*/
 margin-left: 20px;
}

 ul li:last-child { /*this will only target the last <li> inside <ul>.*/
 margin-left: 20px;
}