Thanks Nic,
How about if I'm using the input tag as the base? Can I do something
like $("self:parent:last-child") ?
On Feb 11, 8:13 pm, Nic Luciano <adaptive...@gmail.com> wrote:
> $("div :last-child");
>
> (or this wacky way I tried before I learned CSS selectors....
> $("div").children()[$("div").children().size() - 1])...)
>
> Nic
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>
> On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 9:49 PM, Risingfish <risingf...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi James, apologize for not being more precise. I'm using the input
> > element as my base reference. So using that input element, I want to
> > get the last sibling under the div. You are correct that if the span
> > is not then the input is what I want. I may need to add more tags
> > later (I'm sure you know hoe the development process goes when
> > customers are involved. :) ), so a reliable way to get the last tag
> > would be nice. Thanks!
>
> > On Feb 11, 7:21 pm, James <james.gp....@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > When you say "last sibling in a parent", what does that mean? Which
> > > element is your base reference?
>
> > > In your example:
> > > <div>
> > > <input ...... />
> > > <span>...</span>
> > > </div>
>
> > > Do you mean your <div> is the base reference, and you want to find the
> > > last child (thus, <span>) relative to that?
> > > And if <span> is not there, you want <input>?
>
> > > On Feb 11, 4:12 pm, Risingfish <risingf...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > Before I accidentally hit enter, this is what I was trying to type: :)
>
> > > > <div>
> > > > <input ...... />
> > > > <span>...</span>
> > > > </div>
>
> > > > The span might or might not be there, so I would like to just get the
> > > > last sibling in a parent.
>
> > > > Thanks!
