Document.lastElementChild
The Document.lastElementChild
read-only property returns the document's last child Element
, or null
if there are no child elements.
For HTML documents, this is usually the only child, the root <html>
element.
See Element.lastElementChild
for the last child element of specific elements within a document.
Syntax
// Getter element = document.lastElementChild; // No setter; read-only property
Example
document.lastElementChild; // returns the root <html> element, the only child of the document
Specifications
Browser compatibility
Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
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Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
lastElementChild |
29 |
17 |
25 |
No |
16 |
9 |
≤37 |
29 |
25 |
16 |
9 |
2.0 |
See also
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document/lastElementChild