nth-last-of-type property CSS Reference



Definition and Usage

The :nth-last-of-type CSS pseudo-class matches an element that has an+b-1 siblings with the same element name after it in the document tree, for a given positive or zero value for n, and has a parent element. See :nth-child for a more thorough description of the syntax of its argument.


Syntax

element:nth-last-of-type(an + b) { style properties }

Examples

<div>
  <span>This span is first!</span>
  <span>This span is not. :(</span>
  <em>This one is odd. </em>
  <span>But this one is!</span>
  <strike>This is another type</strike>
  <span>Sadly, this one is not...</span>
</div>
span:nth-last-of-type(2) {
  background-color: lime;
}

Compatibility

Desktop browsers

Feature Chrome Firefox (Gecko) Internet Explorer Opera Safari
Basic support 4.0 3.5 (1.9.1) 9.0 9.5 3.2

Mobile browsers

Feature Android Firefox Mobile (Gecko) IE Mobile Opera Mobile Safari Mobile
Basic support 2.1 1.0 (1.9.1) 9.0 10.0 3.2

Syntax

element:nth-last-of-type(an + b) { style properties }

Last Type Example

<div>
      <span>This span is first!</span>
      <span>This span is not. :(</span>
      <em>This one is odd. </em>
      <span>But this one is!</span>
      <strike>This is another type</strike>
      <span>Sadly, this one is not...</span>
    </div>

                              

                              

                              

                              

                              

                              

                              

                              
span:nth-last-of-type(2) {
      background-color: lime;
    }

                              

                              

                              

                            

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