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.
<!doctype html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>last-child demo</title> <style> span.solast { text-decoration: line-through; } </style> <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.5.0.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>