CSS pseudo-class: not (: first-child) on the tbody element

Question

I'm trying to style all tbody tags except the first one but with poor results.

As you can see in the snippet, the style is applied to all elements, including the first one, where am I wrong?

div.cont_table_toggle table#general_list tbody.divider:not(:first-child) {
  border-top: 8px solid red;
}

user_9695286 · Answer

Try using tbody.divider:not(:first-of-type).

The :first-of-type selector matches every element that is the first child, of a particular type, of its parent.

Reference : https://www.w3schools.com/cssref/sel_first-of-type.asp https://www.w3schools.com/cssref/css_selectors.asp

Try it below.

div.cont_table_toggle table#general_list tbody.divider:not(:first-of-type) {
  border-top: 8px solid red;
}

user_8292178 · Answer

tbody is not the first child of the table. So the :first-child selector does not work. If you remove the thead, it works.

div.cont_table_toggle table#general_list tbody.divider:not(:first-child) {
  border-top: 8px solid red;
}

You could use :not(#block-1), :nth-child(2), or as the other answer has suggested, :not(:first-of-type).

Use `not(#block-1)`

The first tbody has id that you can use. As you many know, id must unique.

tbody:not(#block-1) selects all tbodys except the first one.

#general_list tbody:not(#block-1) {
  border-top: 8px solid red;
}

Use `:not(:nth-child(2))`

#general_list tbody:not(:nth-child(2)) {
  border-top: 8px solid red;
}

CSS pseudo-class: not (: first-child) on the tbody element

2 Answers

Use not(#block-1)

Use :not(:nth-child(2))

Use `not(#block-1)`

Use `:not(:nth-child(2))`