How to display the first 3 list items and hide the rest with CSS nth-child?

Question

Is it possible to select multiple children past a defined number with CSS selectors?

I'd like to hide all list items past #3:

<ul>   <li>1</li>   <li>2</li>   <li>3</li>   <li>4</li> <!-- hide this -->   <li>5</li> <!-- hide this --> </ul>  <style>   ul li:nth-child(X) {     display: none;   } </style>

Answer 1

I do not know which browser supports this, but you can pass a formula to :nth-of-type():

ul li:nth-of-type(1n+4) {display: none;} /* should match your case */ 

Further details on: http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/sel_nth-of-type.asp

Edit

I altered it from (n+4) to (1n+4) since the first version works but isn't valid. I use this in media queries to hide cut-down items on smaller screens.

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Example:

b:nth-of-type(1n+4){ opacity:.3; }

<b>1</b>  <b>2</b>  <b>3</b>  <b>4</b>  <b>5</b>