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lastChild Property


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 attribute object.

Syntax

HTMLN/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

property is defined in World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 Non-Microsoft link.

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

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