I see a few problems:
div:nth-child(2) will only select the 2nd child NOT every odd child.
Try the following:
$("#search-results div:nth-child(odd):gt(1)").addClass("stripes");
that should select all your odd child divs except the first two and give
them the class "stripes"
Dan Eastwell wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to select every odd item in a list, but not the first two
> items.
>
> I've tried using the nth-child selector, which is fine at picking out
> the nth-child, but I can't get the 2n+2 child to be selected:
>
> stripes("#search-results div:odd"); // is ok
> stripes("#search-results div:nth-child(2)"); // works
>
> but
>
> stripes("#search-results div:nth-child(2n+2)"); // doesn't.
>
> Am I missing something about the CSS3 selector syntax?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dan.
>
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