Remove the border from the last navigation item
Written byPhuoc Nguyen
Created
24 Feb, 2021
Category
Tip
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CSS
We often use the
`:last-child` selector to unapply particular styles (such as `border`) for the last item.
Creating a navigation that each item has a bottom border usually looks like:css
li {
border-bottom: 1px solid #e5e7eb;
}
/* Don't add border to the last item */
li:last-child {
border-bottom: none;
}Using the
`:not` pseudo-class, we can make the code shorter and more easy to maintain with a single CSS declaration:css
/* Add the border to all items except the last one */
li:not(:last-child) {
border-bottom: 1px solid #e5e7eb;
}Another approach is to use the
`+` selector:css
li + li {
border-top: 1px solid #e5e7eb;
}
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