Css "And" and "Or"

Question

I've got quite big trouble, because i need to anathematise from styling some input types. I had something like:

.registration_form_right input:not([type="radio")
{
 //Nah.
}

But i don't want to style checkboxes too.

I've tried:

.registration_form_right input:not([type="radio" && type="checkbox"])
.registration_form_right input:not([type="radio" && "checkbox"])
.registration_form_right input:not([type="radio") && .registration_form_right input:not(type="checkbox"])

How to use &&? And I'll need to use || soon, and I think that usage will be same.

Update:
I still don't know how to use || and && correctly. I couldn't find anything in W3 docs.

Accepted Answer

&& works by stringing-together multiple selectors like-so:

<div class="class1 class2"></div>

div.class1.class2
{
  /* foo */
}

Another example:

<input type="radio" class="class1" />

input[type="radio"].class1
{
  /* foo */
}

|| works by separating multiple selectors with commas like-so:

<div class="class1"></div>
<div class="class2"></div>

div.class1,
div.class2
{
  /* foo */
}

Answer 2

AND (&&):

.registration_form_right input:not([type="radio"]):not([type="checkbox"])

OR (||):

.registration_form_right input:not([type="radio"]), 
   .registration_form_right input:not([type="checkbox"])

Answer 3

To select properties a AND b of a X element:

X[a][b]

To select properties a OR b of a X element:

X[a],X[b]

Answer 4

The :not pseudo-class is not supported by IE. I'd got for something like this instead:

.registration_form_right input[type="text"],
.registration_form_right input[type="password"],
.registration_form_right input[type="submit"],
.registration_form_right input[type="button"] {
  ...
}

Some duplication there, but it's a small price to pay for higher compatibility.

Answer 5

Just in case if any one is stuck like me. After going though the post and some hit and trial this worked for me.

input:not([type="checkbox"])input:not([type="radio"])

Answer 6

You can somehow reproduce the behavior of "OR" using & and :not.

SomeElement.SomeClass [data-statement="things are getting more complex"]  :not(:not(A):not(B))     {
    /* things aren't so complex for A or B */
}

Answer 7

I guess you hate to write more selectors and divide them by a comma?

.registration_form_right input:not([type="radio"]),  
.registration_form_right input:not([type="checkbox"])  
{  
}

and BTW this

not([type="radio" && type="checkbox"])

looks to me more like "input which does not have both these types" :)

Answer 8

A word of caution. Stringing together several not selectors increases the specificity of the resulting selector, which makes it harder to override: you'll basically need to find the selector with all the nots and copy-paste it into your new selector.

A not(X or Y) selector would be great to avoid inflating specificity, but I guess we'll have to stick to combining the opposites, like in this answer.

Answer 9

If we want to look for a div that contains both this AND that in their value attribute, we can simply connect both conditions, like so:

div[value*="this"][value*="that"]

In case we want the div that contains either this OR that, you can use a comma between both conditions, like so:

div[value*="this"], div[value*="that"]

Note: You can use as much conditions as you like. This is in no way limited to 2 as shown in the example.

Css "And" and "Or"

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