last-of-type selector
Description: Selects all elements that are the last among siblings of the same element name.
version added: 1.9jQuery( ":last-of-type" )
The :last-of-type
selector matches elements that have no other element with the same parent and the same element name coming after it in the document tree.
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-of-type demo</title> <style> span.solast { text-decoration: line-through; } </style> <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script> </head> <body> <div> <span>Corey,</span> <span>Yehuda,</span> <span>Adam,</span> <span>Todd</span> </div> <div> <span>Jörn,</span> <span>Scott,</span> <span>Timo,</span> <b>Nobody</b> </div> <script> $( "span:last-of-type" ) .css({ color:"red", fontSize:"80%" }) .hover(function() { $( this ).addClass( "solast" ); }, function() { $( this ).removeClass( "solast" ); }); </script> </body> </html>