jQuery select all except first

Jquery Problem Overview

In jQuery how do I use a selector to access all but the first of an element? So in the following code only the second and third element would be accessed. I know I can access them manually but there could be any number of elements so thats not possible. Thanks.

<div class='test'></div>
<div class='test'></div>
<div class='test'></div>

Jquery Solutions

Solution 1 - Jquery

$("div.test:not(:first)").hide();

or:

$("div.test:not(:eq(0))").hide();

or:

$("div.test").not(":eq(0)").hide();

or:

$("div.test:gt(0)").hide();

or: (as per @Jordan Lev's comment):

$("div.test").slice(1).hide();

and so on.

See:

Solution 2 - Jquery

Because of the way jQuery selectors are evaluated right-to-left, the quite readable li:not(:first) is slowed down by that evaluation.

An equally fast and easy to read solution is using the function version .not(":first"):

e.g.

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

JSPerf: http://jsperf.com/fastest-way-to-select-all-expect-the-first-one/6

This is only few percentage points slower than slice(1), but is very readable as "I want all except the first one".

Solution 3 - Jquery

My answer is focused to a extended case derived from the one exposed at top.

Suppose you have group of elements from which you want to hide the child elements except first. As an example:

<html>
  <div class='some-group'>
     <div class='child child-0'>visible#1</div>
     <div class='child child-1'>xx</div>
     <div class='child child-2'>yy</div>
  </div>
  <div class='some-group'>
     <div class='child child-0'>visible#2</div>
     <div class='child child-1'>aa</div>
     <div class='child child-2'>bb</div>
  </div>
</html>

We want to hide all .child elements on every group. So this will not help because will hide all .child elements except visible#1:
```
 $('.child:not(:first)').hide();
```

The solution (in this extended case) will be:

 $('.some-group').each(function(i,group){
     $(group).find('.child:not(:first)').hide();
 });

Solution 4 - Jquery

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>

<button class="btn1">Hide All except First</button>
<button class="btn2">Hide All except First & Last</button>
<button class="btn3">Hide First & Last</button>

<br/>

<div class='test'>First</div>
<div class='test'>Second</div>
<div class='test'>Third</div>
<div class='test'>Last</div>

$(document).ready(function(){

  $(".btn1").click(function(){
          $("div.test:not(:first)").hide();
  });

  $(".btn2").click(function(){
           $("div.test").show();
          $("div.test:not(:first):not(:last)").hide();
  });

  $(".btn3").click(function(){
          $("div.test").hide();
          $("div.test:not(:first):not(:last)").show();
  });

});

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Solution 1 - Jquery	karim79	View Answer on Stackoverflow
Solution 2 - Jquery	Gone Coding	View Answer on Stackoverflow
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Solution 4 - Jquery	Rafiqul Islam	View Answer on Stackoverflow