:last-child Selector

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:last-child Selector

Categories: Selectors > Child Filter

last-child selector

Description: Selects all elements that are the last child of their parent.

  • version added: 1.1.4jQuery( ":last-child" )

While :last matches only a single element, :last-child can match more than one: one for each parent.

Example:

Find the last span in each matched div and add some css plus a hover state.

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                                        <!DOCTYPE html>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        <html>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        <head>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        <style>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      span.solast { text-decoration:line-through; }
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        </style>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

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

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        </head>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        <body>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        <div>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                          <span>John,</span>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                          <span>Karl,</span>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                          <span>Brandon,</span>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                          <span>Sam</span>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        </div>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        <div>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                          <span>Glen,</span>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                          <span>Tane,</span>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                       
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                          <span>Ralph,</span>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                          <span>David</span>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        </div>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        <script>
                                        
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      $("div span:last-child")
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                          .css({color:"red", fontSize:"80%"})
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                          .hover(function () {
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                                $(this).addClass("solast");
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                              }, function () {
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                                $(this).removeClass("solast");
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                              });
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        </script>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                       
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        </body>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        </html>
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