The :nth-last-child()
CSS pseudo-class matches elements based on their position among a group of siblings, counting from the end.
The :nth-last-child()
CSS pseudo-class matches elements based on their position among a group of siblings, counting from the end.
The nth-last-child
pseudo-class is specified with a single argument, which represents the pattern for matching elements, counting from the end.
:nth-last-child(<nth> [of <complex-selector-list>]?) { /* ... */ }
odd
Represents elements whose numeric position in a series of siblings is odd: 1, 3, 5, etc., counting from the end.
even
Represents elements whose numeric position in a series of siblings is even: 2, 4, 6, etc., counting from the end.
<An+B>
Represents elements whose numeric position in a series of siblings matches the pattern An+B
, for every positive integer or zero value of n
, where:
A
is an integer step size,B
is an integer offset,n
is all nonnegative integers, starting from 0.It can be read as the An+B
-th element of a list. The index of the first element, counting from the end, is 1
. The A
and B
must both have <integer>
values.
tr:nth-last-child(odd)
or tr:nth-last-child(2n+1)
Represents the odd rows of an HTML table: 1, 3, 5, etc., counting from the end.
tr:nth-last-child(even)
or tr:nth-last-child(2n)
Represents the even rows of an HTML table: 2, 4, 6, etc., counting from the end.
:nth-last-child(7)
Represents the seventh element, counting from the end.
:nth-last-child(5n)
Represents elements 5, 10, 15, etc., counting from the end.
:nth-last-child(3n+4)
Represents elements 4, 7, 10, 13, etc., counting from the end.
:nth-last-child(-n+3)
Represents the last three elements among a group of siblings.
p:nth-last-child(n)
or p:nth-last-child(n+1)
Represents every <p>
element among a group of siblings. This is the same as a simple p
selector. (Since n
starts at zero, while the last element begins at one, n
and n+1
will both select the same elements.)
p:nth-last-child(1)
or p:nth-last-child(0n+1)
Represents every <p>
that is the first element among a group of siblings, counting from the end. This is the same as the :last-child
selector.
<table> <tbody> <tr> <td>First line</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Second line</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Third line</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Fourth line</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Fifth line</td> </tr> </tbody> </table>
table { border: 1px solid blue; } /* Selects the last three elements */ tr:nth-last-child(-n + 3) { background-color: pink; } /* Selects every element starting from the second to last item */ tr:nth-last-child(n + 2) { color: blue; } /* Select only the last second element */ tr:nth-last-child(2) { font-weight: 600; }
A quantity query styles elements depending on how many of them there are. In this example, list items turn red when there are at least three of them in a given list. This is accomplished by combining the capabilities of the nth-last-child
pseudo-class and the general sibling combinator.
<h4>A list of four items (styled):</h4> <ol> <li>One</li> <li>Two</li> <li>Three</li> <li>Four</li> </ol> <h4>A list of two items (unstyled):</h4> <ol> <li>One</li> <li>Two</li> </ol>
/* If there are at least three list items, style them all */ li:nth-last-child(n + 3), li:nth-last-child(3) ~ li { color: red; }
Specification |
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Selectors Level 4 # nth-last-child-pseudo |
Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
:nth-last-child |
4 | 12 | 3.5 | 9 | 9 | 3.1 | ≤37 | 18 | 4 | 10.1 | 2 | 1.0 |
no_parent_required |
57 | 79 | 52 | No | 44 | No | 57 | 57 | 52 | 43 | No | 7.0 |
of_syntax |
NoSee bug 304163. |
NoSee bug 304163. |
113 | No | NoSee bug 304163. |
9 | NoSee bug 304163. |
NoSee bug 304163. |
113 | NoSee bug 304163. |
9 | NoSee bug 304163. |
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