PostCSS plugin to transform :not() W3C CSS level 4 pseudo class to :not() CSS level 3 selectors
npm install postcss-selector-notnpm install postcss-selector-not --save-dev
[PostCSS Selector Not] transforms :not() W3C CSS level 4 pseudo classes to :not() CSS level 3 selectors following the [Selectors 4 Specification].
``css
p:not(:first-child, .special) {
color: red;
}
/ becomes /
p:not(:first-child):not(.special) {
color: red;
}
`
> [!CAUTION]
> Only lists of simple selectors (:not(.a, .b)) will work as expected.:not(.a > .b, .c ~ .d)
> Complex selectors () can not be downgraded.
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 /);
``
[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