Question

When using Jquery to exclude elements from selection I like to use CSS :not selector because of faster performance :not() VS .not() , but from Jquery 1.8.0 it is not working anymore:(
Is there some other alternative to use with same or better performance (except .not() ) in Jquery? THX!!

This works with Jquery 1.7.2

Fiddle here

But NOT with Jquery 1.8.0

Fiddle here

$(document).ready(function(){
$("ul li:not(:first)").hide();
});

Answer 1

Pass it an actual CSS3 selector. It’s much faster:

$("li:not(:first-child)").hide();

Here’s your fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/E7gBM/1/