:last-child Selector
Categories: Child Filter
jQuery(':last-child')
Description: Selects all elements that are the last child of their parent.
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jQuery(':last-child')
version added: 1.0
While :last matches only a single element, :last-child
can match more than one: one for each parent.
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Finds the last span in each matched div and adds some css plus a hover state.
HTML:
<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>
CSS:
span.solast { text-decoration:line-through; }
Code:
$("div span:last-child") .css({color:"red", fontSize:"80%"}) .hover(function () { $(this).addClass("solast"); }, function () { $(this).removeClass("solast"); });