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Asked: 2026-06-11T12:14:52+00:00

In CSS, is it possible to recursively select all :last-child from body? Given this

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In CSS, is it possible to recursively select all :last-child from body?

Given this markup:

<body>
  <div id="_1">
    <div id="_2"></div>
  </div>
  <div id="_3">
    <div id="_4">
      <div id="_5"></div>
      <div id="_6"></div>
    </div>
  </div>
</body>

I am looking for div no. 3, 4 and 6

Another way to put it is this:

body > :last-child,
body > :last-child > :last-child,
body > :last-child > :last-child > :last-child,
body > :last-child > :last-child > :last-child > :last-child {
  /* My stuff here */
}

But obviously this is not a good approach.

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  1. Editorial Team

    No, unfortunately that’s just about the only way to do it without modifying the HTML.

    There has been at least one request for recursive versions of the :first-child and :last-child pseudo-classes, but it doesn’t seem to have gained much favor. Notice it suggests nesting and repeating the pseudo-classes in the same way as in your question:

    Currently, AFAIK, we can only match children up to some exact nesting level known in advance (3 in the example below):

    .container > :first-child,
.container > :first-child > :first-child,
.container > :first-child > :first-child > :first-child {}

    We cannot use just :first-child context selector since it would also select first children of blocks that are not first children themselves.

    So we need a sort of recursive selector that matches not just first of last child, but recursively matches all first-most and last-most elements regardless of their nesting level.

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