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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<head>
<title>NEGATED :target pseudo-class</title>
<style type="text/css"><![CDATA[p { background-color: navy; color: white; }
p:not(:target) { background-color: white; color: black; }]]></style>
<link rel="author" title="Ian Hickson" href="mailto:ian@hixie.ch"/>
<link rel="help" href="https://www.w3.org/TR/css3-selectors/#selectors"/> <!-- bogus link to make sure it gets found -->
<meta name="flags" content=" interact" />
</head>
<body>
<p id="first">This paragraph should be unstyled.
The background of the following paragraph should become blue when
you follow <a href="#second">this link</a>.</p>
<p id="second">This paragraph should initially be unstyled.
It should become blue when you select the link above. When you select
<a href="#third">this link</a>, it should return to being unstyled and the
background of the paragraph below should become blue.</p>
<p id="third">This paragraph should initially be unstyled.
It should become blue when you select the link above. When you follow
<a href="#missing">this link</a>, the three paragraphs
should all return to being unstyled.</p>
</body>
</html>