:nth Tester

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li div :nth-child :nth-of-type :nth-last-child :nth-last-of-type ( )

Recipes

• Select every third element starting at second if it's a list item
• Select the third item if it's a list item
• Select the the first four elements if they are list items
• Select the second to last element if it is a list item
• Select the first appearing div
• Select the last appearing div
• Select odd list items
• Select every fifth list item starting at first
• Select all but the first 6 list items

Note

The <div> and <ins> elements in the code tree on the right don't show their closing tags (for visual simplicity), but they are actually there!

Credit to Francky Kleyneman for the improved second version of this page.