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CSS CSS Foundations Advanced Selectors Additional Pseudo-Classes

Heath Hughes
Heath Hughes
19,766 Points
Posted by Heath Hughes
Heath Hughes
19,766 Points

Is it possible to have multiple arguments in a :not pseudo-class?

For example: 

div:not(:empty, [id*="foo"]) {
    background-color: tomato;
}

1 Answer

Andrew McCormick
Andrew McCormick
17,730 Points
Andrew McCormick
Andrew McCormick
17,730 Points

You can chain them, but not nest them.

/* Will work */
div:not(:empty):not([id*="foo"]) {
   background-color: red;
}

/*will not work */
div:not(:empty, [id*=foo"]) {
   background-color: blue;
}

See codepen

Heath Hughes
Heath Hughes
19,766 Points
Heath Hughes
Heath Hughes
19,766 Points

Makes sense and works with the example. Thanks!