not

Filter DOM element(s) from a set of DOM elements.

Opposite of .filter()

The querying behavior of this command matches exactly how .not() works in jQuery.

Syntax

.not(selector)
.not(selector, options)

Usage

Correct Usage

cy.get('input').not('.required') // Yield all inputs without class '.required'

Incorrect Usage

cy.not('.icon') // Errors, cannot be chained off 'cy'
cy.location().not() // Errors, 'location' does not yield DOM element

Arguments

selector (String selector)

A selector used to remove matching DOM elements.

options (Object)

Pass in an options object to change the default behavior of .not().

Yields

• .not() yields the new DOM element(s) it found.

Examples

Selector

Yield the elements that do not have class active

<ul>
  <li>Home</li>
  <li class="active">About</li>
  <li>Services</li>
  <li>Pricing</li>
  <li>Contact</li>
</ul>

cy.get('ul>li').not('.active').should('have.length', 4) // true

Rules

Requirements

• .not() requires being chained off a command that yields DOM element(s).

Assertions

• .not() will automatically retry until the element(s) exist in the DOM
• .not() will automatically retry until all chained assertions have passed

Timeouts

• .not() can time out waiting for the element(s) to exist in the DOM .
• .not() can time out waiting for assertions you've added to pass.

Command Log

Find all buttons that are not of type submit

cy.get('form').find('button').not('[type="submit"]')

The commands above will display in the Command Log as:

When clicking on not within the command log, the console outputs the following:

See also

• .filter()