jQuery Selector :nth-last-of-type()
select first <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:nth-last-of-type(1)").css("background-color", "yellow"); });// w w w.j a va2 s .c o m </script> </head> <body> <h1>This is a heading in body</h1> <p>The first paragraph in body.</p> <p>The second paragraph in body.</p> <div style="border:1px solid;"> <p>The first paragraph in div.</p> <p>The second paragraph in div.</p> <p>The last paragraph in div.</p> <span>This is a span element in div</span> </div><br> <div style="border:1px solid;"> <p>The first paragraph in another div.</p> <p>The second paragraph in another div.</p> <p>The last paragraph in another div.</p> </div> <p>The last paragraph in body.</p> </body> </html>