lastChild Property | Internet Development Index |
Retrieves a reference to the last child in the childNodes collection of an object.
What's New for Microsoft® Internet Explorer 6
This method now applies to the
Syntax
HTML N/A Scripting [ oElement = ] object.lastChild
Possible Values
oElement Object that receives the last child. The property is read-only. The property has no default value.
Example
This example implements the lastChild property to obtain a reference to the last child element of an object.
<BODY> <UL ID = "oList"> <LI>List Item 1 <LI>List Item 2 <LI>List Item 3 </UL> <SCRIPT> var olastChild = oList.lastChild; </SCRIPT> <BODY>
Standards Information
This property is defined in World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1
.
Applies To
A, ACRONYM, ADDRESS, APPLET, AREA, attribute, B, BASE, BASEFONT, BDO, BIG, BLOCKQUOTE, BODY, BUTTON, CAPTION, CENTER, CITE, CODE, COL, COLGROUP, COMMENT, DD, DEL, DFN, DIR, DIV, DL, DT, EM, EMBED, FIELDSET, FONT, FORM, FRAME, FRAMESET, HEAD, hn, HR, HTML, I, IFRAME, IMG, INPUT type=button, INPUT type=checkbox, INPUT type=file, INPUT type=image, INPUT type=password, INPUT type=radio, INPUT type=reset, INPUT type=submit, INPUT type=text, INS, KBD, LABEL, LEGEND, LI, LINK, LISTING, MAP, MARQUEE, MENU, nextID, OL, OPTION, P, PLAINTEXT, PRE, Q, S, SAMP, SCRIPT, SELECT, SMALL, SPAN, STRIKE, STRONG, SUB, SUP, TABLE, TBODY, TD, TEXTAREA, TFOOT, TH, THEAD, TITLE, TR, TT, U, UL, VAR, XMP
See Also
firstChild, About the W3C Document Object Model