:last 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.
Additional Notes:
- Because
:last is a jQuery extension and not part of the CSS specification, queries using :last cannot take advantage of the performance boost provided by the native DOM querySelectorAll() method. To achieve the best performance when using :last to select elements, first select the elements using a pure CSS selector, then use.filter(":last").
:last-child:
Selects all elements that are the last child of their parent.
<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>
<script>
$("div span:last-child")
.css({color:"red", fontSize:"80%"})
.hover(function () {
$(this).addClass("solast");
}, function () {
$(this).removeClass("solast");
});
这两个选择器都是匹配集合中的最后一个元素，差别在于 :last 将匹配所有的集合中的最后一个元素。而 :last-child 将匹配集合中的所有位置为最后一个的子元素。:last 将永远返回一个元素，而 :last-child可能返回一批元素。
$('div p:last') 选择最后一个P元素并高亮显示得出结果如下:
<div>
<p>Paragraph</p>
<p>Paragraph</p>
<p>Paragraph</p>
</div>
<div>
<p>Paragraph</p>
<p>Paragraph</p>
<p>Paragraph</p>
</div>
<div>
<p>Paragraph</p>
<p>Paragraph</p>
<p>Paragraph</p>
</div>
$('div p:last-child') 将选择所有位于div最后一个p子元素，并高亮:
<div>
<p>Paragraph</p>
<p>Paragraph</p>
<p>Paragraph</p>
</div>
<div>
<p>Paragraph</p>
<p>Paragraph</p>
<p>Paragraph</p>
</div>
<div>
<p>Paragraph</p>
<p>Paragraph</p>
<p>Paragraph</p>
</div>
