jQuery :last-child Selector

jQuery :last-child Selector

The jQuery :last-child selector selects all elements that are the last child of their parent.

In the following example, we are trying to select the <p> tag only if it is the last child of the <body> tag.

Example

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<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en-US"> <head> <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.5.1/jquery.min.js"></script> <script> $(document).ready(function(){ $("p:last-child").css("color","green"); }); </script> </head> <body> <h1>jQuery selector :last-child</h1> <p>This is paragraph</p> </body> </html>

Syntax

$(":last-child")

More Examples

Example

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<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en-US"> <head> <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.5.1/jquery.min.js"></script> <script> $(document).ready(function(){ $("h1:last-child").css("color","green"); }); </script> </head> <body> <h1>jQuery selector :last-child</h1> <p>This is paragraph</p> </body> </html>

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