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by Tommy Olsson and Paul O’Brien

:last-child (CSS selector)

Browser support full matrix
IE7 FF1+ Saf1.3+ Op9.5+
None Buggy Buggy Full
Spec
Version
CSS3

Example

This selector will match any paragraph that’s the last child element of its parent element:

p:last-child {
  ⋮ declarations
}

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Description

This pseudo-class is analogous to the :first-child pseudo-class that was included in CSS2. It matches an element that’s the last child element of its parent element, and as such, the pseudo-class is equivalent to :nth-last-child(1).

Compatibility

IE5.5None
6.0None
7.0None
Firefox1.0Buggy
1.5Buggy
2.0Buggy
Safari1.3Buggy
2.0Buggy
3.0Buggy
Opera9.2None
9.5Full

In Firefox versions up to and including 2, this selector continues to select the same element even after another element is dynamically inserted before it.

In Safari versions up to and including 3, this selector will match all elements that are child elements—not just the last child element.

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