jQuery API

:last Selector

Categories: Selectors > Basic Filter

last selector

version added: 1.0jQuery(':last')

Description: Selects the last matched element.

Note that :last selects a single element by filtering the current jQuery collection and matching the last element within it.

Example:

Finds the last table row.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
	<table>

    <tr><td>First Row</td></tr>
    <tr><td>Middle Row</td></tr>
    <tr><td>Last Row</td></tr>

  </table>
<script>$("tr:last").css({backgroundColor: 'yellow', fontWeight: 'bolder'});</script>
</body>
</html>

Demo:

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