jQuery traversal - last() method

jQuery traversal reference manual

Example

Highlight the last span in the paragraph:

$("p span").last().addClass('highlight');

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Definition and usage

last() reduces the matching element collection to the last element in the collection.

Syntax

.last()

Detailed description

If a jQuery object representing a collection of DOM elements is given, the .last() method will use the last matching element to construct a new jQuery object.

Please think about the following page with a simple list:

<ul>
  <li>list item 1</li>
  <li>list item 2</li>
  <li>list item 3</li>
  <li>list item 4</li>
  <li>list item 5</li>
</ul>

We can apply this method to the list item collection:

$('li').last().css('background-color', 'red');

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The result of this call is that the last item is set to red background.

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