nth-last-child property CSS Reference

Definition and Usage

The :nth-last-child CSS pseudo-class matches an element that has an+b-1 siblings 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-child(an + b) { style properties }

Examples

Example selectors

tr:nth-last-child(-n+4)

Matches the last four rows of an HTML table.

span:nth-last-child(even)

Matches the even elements in their parent element, starting at the last element and working backward.

Compatibility

Desktop browsers

Mobile browsers