how to select the last div that has class 'visible' in a container using CSS selector?

Hi guys, i want to select the last div has class visible using css selector. Is this possible? Here is my example:

<div class="container">
  <div class="visible">Item 1</div>
  <div class="visible">Item 2</div>
  <div>Item 3</div>
  <div>Item 4</div>
</div>
// => Item 2
<div class="container">
  <div class="visible">Item 1</div>
  <div>Item 2</div>
  <div>Item 3</div>
  <div>Item 4</div>
</div>
// => Item 1

<div class="container">
  <div class="visible">Item 1</div>
  <div class="visible">Item 2</div>
  <div>Item 3</div>
  <div>Item 4</div>
</div>
// => Item 2
<div class="container">
  <div class="visible">Item 1</div>
  <div>Item 2</div>
  <div>Item 3</div>
  <div>Item 4</div>
</div>
// => Item 1

8 Replies

dys 🐙•2w ago

.visible:last-of-type.

emptyOP•2w ago

It not work

Mannix•2w ago

.container > :nth-last-child(-n + 1 of .visible){
  color:red;
}

.container > :nth-last-child(-n + 1 of .visible){
  color:red;
}

emptyOP•2w ago

It works but I dont really understand the selector. As I understand it will go through bottom to the top of the container and of keyword means the child has class .visible right?

Mannix•2w ago

Honestly no idea i just used https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/:nth-last-child and did trial and error to get expected result. I'm really bad with the nth selector but somehow managed to make it work 😛

MDN Web Docs

:nth-last-child() - CSS: Cascading Style Sheets | MDN

The :nth-last-child() CSS pseudo-class matches elements based on their position among a group of siblings, counting from the end.

Mannix•2w ago

thanks to Kevin's latest video i found simpler solution

.container > :nth-last-child(1 of .visible){
  color:red;
}

.container > :nth-last-child(1 of .visible){
  color:red;
}

basically this goes from the bottom and selects only first item that it finds with the class visible

Chris Bolson•2w ago

So changing that "1" to a "2" would select the penultimate element with the class .visible, interesting! I need to explore the "of" syntax more 🤔

.container > :nth-last-child(2 of .visible){
  color:red;
}

.container > :nth-last-child(2 of .visible){
  color:red;
}

LachsDuJour•2w ago

Be careful: only 93.23% of browsers support this. Dont use it on "big" pages

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how to select the last div that has class 'visible' in a container using CSS selector?