jQuery - not( selector ) Method
Description
The not( selector ) method filters out all the elements matching the specified selector from the set of matched elements.
Syntax
Here is the simple syntax to use this method −
selector.not( selector )
Parameters
Here is the description of all the parameters used by this method −
selector − It could be a comma-separated list of selectors to apply multiple filters at once (e.g. not(".class1, .class2")).
Example
Following is a simple example a simple showing the usage of this method −
Live Demo<html> <head> <title>The jQuery Example</title> <script type = "text/javascript" src = "https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.3/jquery.min.js"> </script> <script type = "text/javascript" language = "javascript"> $(document).ready(function() { $("li").not(".middle").addClass("selected"); }); </script> <style> .selected { color:red; } </style> </head> <body> <div> <ul> <li class = "top">list item 1</li> <li class = "top">list item 2</li> <li class = "middle">list item 3</li> <li class = "middle">list item 4</li> <li class = "bottom">list item 5</li> <li class = "bottom">list item 6</li> </ul> </div> </body> </html>
This will produce following result −
Example
Following is a simple example a simple showing the usage of this method −
Live Demo<html> <head> <title>The jQuery Example</title> <script type = "text/javascript" src = "https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.3/jquery.min.js"> </script> <script type = "text/javascript" language = "javascript"> $(document).ready(function() { $("li").not(".middle").addClass("selected"); }); </script> <style> .selected { color:red; } </style> </head> <body> <div> <ul> <li class = "selected">list item 1</li> <li class = "selected">list item 2</li> <li class = "middle">list item 3</li> <li class = "middle">list item 4</li> <li class = "selected">list item 5</li> <li class = "selected">list item 6</li> </ul> </div> </body> </html>
This will produce following result −