# PostCSS Selector Not [PostCSS Logo][PostCSS] [npm version][npm-url] [CSS Standard Status][css-url] [Build Status][cli-url] [Discord][discord] [PostCSS Selector Not] transforms :not() W3C CSS level 4 pseudo classes to :not() CSS level 3 selectors following the [Selectors 4 Specification]. ```pcss p:not(:first-child, .special) { color: red; } /* becomes */ p:not(:first-child):not(.special) { color: red; } ``` ⚠️ Only lists of simple selectors (`:not(.a, .b)`) will work as expected. Complex selectors (`:not(.a > .b, .c ~ .d)`) can not be downgraded. ## Usage Add [PostCSS Selector Not] to your project: ```bash npm install postcss postcss-selector-not --save-dev ``` Use it as a [PostCSS] plugin: ```js const postcss = require('postcss'); const postcssSelectorNot = require('postcss-selector-not'); postcss([ postcssSelectorNot(/* pluginOptions */) ]).process(YOUR_CSS /*, processOptions */); ``` [PostCSS Selector Not] runs in all Node environments, with special instructions for: - [Node](INSTALL.md#node) - [PostCSS CLI](INSTALL.md#postcss-cli) - [PostCSS Load Config](INSTALL.md#postcss-load-config) - [Webpack](INSTALL.md#webpack) - [Next.js](INSTALL.md#nextjs) - [Gulp](INSTALL.md#gulp) - [Grunt](INSTALL.md#grunt) [cli-url]: https://github.com/csstools/postcss-plugins/actions/workflows/test.yml?query=workflow/test [css-url]: https://cssdb.org/#not-pseudo-class [discord]: https://discord.gg/bUadyRwkJS [npm-url]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/postcss-selector-not [PostCSS]: https://github.com/postcss/postcss [PostCSS Selector Not]: https://github.com/csstools/postcss-plugins/tree/main/plugins/postcss-selector-not [Selectors 4 Specification]: https://www.w3.org/TR/selectors-4/#negation-pseudo