The Element.lastElementChild read-only property returns an element's last child Element, or null if there are no child elements.
Element.lastElementChild includes only element nodes. To get all child nodes, including non-element nodes like text and comment nodes, use Node.lastChild.
An Element object, or null.
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<ul id="list"> <li>First (1)</li> <li>Second (2)</li> <li>Third (3)</li> </ul> <script> const list = document.getElementById("list"); console.log(list.lastElementChild.textContent); // logs "Third (3)" </script>
| Specification |
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| DOM Standard # ref-for-dom-parentnode-lastelementchild① |
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
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| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
lastElementChild |
2 | 12 | 3.5 | 9 | 10 | 4 | ≤37 | 18 | 4 | 10.1 | 3 | 1.0 |
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element/lastElementChild