jQuery Selector :last-child select last <p> inside <div>
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.min.js"></script> <script> $(document).ready(function(){ $("div p:last-child").css("background-color", "yellow"); });// w ww . jav a 2 s.co m </script> </head> <body> <p>The first paragraph in body.</p> <div style="border:1px solid;"> <p>The first paragraph in div.</p> <p>The last paragraph in div.</p> </div><br> <div style="border:1px solid;"> <p>The first paragraph in another div.</p> <p>The last paragraph in another div.</p> </div> <p>The last paragraph in body.</p> </body> </html>