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:last Selector

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last selector

Description: Selects the last matched element.

  • version added: 1.0jQuery( ":last" )

Note that :last selects a single element by filtering the current jQuery collection and matching the last element within it.

Additional Notes:

  • Because :last is a jQuery extension and not part of the CSS specification, queries using :last cannot take advantage of the performance boost provided by the native DOM querySelectorAll() method. To achieve the best performance when using :last to select elements, first select the elements using a pure CSS selector, then use .filter(":last").

Example:

Finds the last table row.

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                                        <!DOCTYPE html>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        <html>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        <head>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"></script>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        </head>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        <body>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        <table>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                       
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        <tr><td>First Row</td></tr>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        <tr><td>Middle Row</td></tr>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        <tr><td>Last Row</td></tr>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                       
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        </table>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        <script>
                                        $("tr:last").css({backgroundColor: 'yellow', fontWeight: 'bolder'});
                                        </script>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                       
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        </body>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        </html>
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