lastElementChild property

The lastElementChild property stores the last child element. All tags that are directly located inside a block are considered child elements. If the element has no children, then null is returned.

Syntax

element.lastElementChild;

Example

We get a contents of the last child of an element:

<div id="parent">
	<p>1</p>
	<p>2</p>
</div>

let parent = document.querySelector('#parent');
let text = parent.lastElementChild.textContent;

console.log(text);

The code execution result:

'2'

Example

And now an element has no children and therefore null will be displayed:

<div id="parent"></div>

let parent = document.querySelector('#parent');
console.log(parent.lastElementChild);

The code execution result:

null

lastElementChild property

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Example

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