lastChild

Summary

Retrieves a reference to the last child of the current node of the filtered TreeWalker hierarchy and updates currentNode.

Method of dom/TreeWalkerdom/TreeWalker

Syntax

var node = treewalker.lastChild();

Return Value

Returns an object of type DOM NodeDOM Node

Object that receives the last child node in the filtered TreeWalker hierarchy.

Examples

var treewalker = document.createTreeWalker(
    document.body,
    NodeFilter.SHOW_ELEMENT,
    { acceptNode: function(node) { return NodeFilter.FILTER_ACCEPT; } },
    false
);
var node = treewalker.lastChild(); // returns the last visible child of the root element

Notes

Remarks

lastChild sets the currentNode to the returned node.

Syntax

Standards information

• Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Traversal and Range Specification, Section 1.2

Related specifications

DOM

Living Standard

Attributions

• Mozilla Developer Network : [TreeWalker.lastChild Article]

• Microsoft Developer Network: [lastChild Method Article]