Can the :not() pseudo-class have multiple arguments?

I'm trying to select input elements of all types except radio and checkbox.

Many people have shown that you can put multiple arguments in :not, but using type doesn't seem to work anyway I try it.

form input:not([type="radio"], [type="checkbox"]) {
  /* css here */
}

Any ideas?

Why :not just use two :not:

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

_{Yes, it is intentional}

If you're using SASS in your project, I've built this mixin to make it work the way we all want it to:

@mixin not($ignorList...) {
	//if only a single value given
	@if (length($ignorList) == 1){
		//it is probably a list variable so set ignore list to the variable
		$ignorList: nth($ignorList,1);
	}
    //set up an empty $notOutput variable
	$notOutput: '';
	//for each item in the list
	@each $not in $ignorList {
		//generate a :not([ignored_item]) segment for each item in the ignore list and put them back to back
		$notOutput: $notOutput + ':not(#{$not})';
	}
	//output the full :not() rule including all ignored items
	&#{$notOutput} {
		@content;
	}
}

it can be used in 2 ways:

Option 1: list the ignored items inline

input {
  /*non-ignored styling goes here*/
  @include not('[type="radio"]','[type="checkbox"]'){
    /*ignored styling goes here*/
  }
}

Option 2: list the ignored items in a variable first

$ignoredItems:
  '[type="radio"]',
  '[type="checkbox"]'
;

input {
  /*non-ignored styling goes here*/
  @include not($ignoredItems){
    /*ignored styling goes here*/
  }
}

Outputted CSS for either option

input {
    /*non-ignored styling goes here*/
}

input:not([type="radio"]):not([type="checkbox"]) {
    /*ignored styling goes here*/
}

Starting from CSS Selectors 4 using multiple arguments in the :not selector becomes possible (see here).

> In CSS3, the :not selector only allows 1 selector as an argument. In level 4 selectors, it can take a selector list as an argument.

Example:

/* In this example, all p elements will be red, except for 
   the first child and the ones with the class special. */

p:not(:first-child, .special) {
  color: red;
}

Unfortunately, browser support is limited. For now, it only works in Safari.

I was having some trouble with this, and the "X:not():not()" method wasn't working for me.

I ended up resorting to this strategy:

INPUT {
    /* styles */
}
INPUT[type="radio"], INPUT[type="checkbox"] {
    /* styles that reset previous styles */
}

It's not nearly as fun, but it worked for me when :not() was being pugnacious. It's not ideal, but it's solid.

If you install the "cssnext" Post CSS plugin, then you can safely start using the syntax that you want to use right now.

Using cssnext will turn this:

input:not([type="radio"], [type="checkbox"]) {
  /* css here */
}

Into this:

input:not([type="radio"]):not([type="checkbox"]) {
  /* css here */
}

https://cssnext.github.io/features/#not-pseudo-class