Is it possible to do something like this in Zepto for selecting elements greater or less than an index:
$( "td:gt(4)" ).css( "backgroundColor", "yellow" );
$( "td:gt(-2)" ).css( "color", "red" );
Short answer: No
Longer answer: According to zepto js JQuery CSS extensions are not supported. Zepto has some CSS extended selectors (github) but that also does not support the functionality that you are looking for.