Select last 5 elements with jQuery

Yes, you can get the div elements, and then use the slice method to get the last five:

var e = $('#someelement > div').slice(-5);

Sure, you could use the .length property of a selector to get the count, and then use the :gt(n) selector to get the last 5.

var o = $("div.container > div:gt("+($("div.container > div").length-5)+")");

As of jQuery 1.8, you can use a negative value in the :gt() pseudo selector.

Reference: https://api.jquery.com/gt-selector.

e.g.

var e = $('#someelement > div:gt(-6)');

JSFiddle: https://jsfiddle.net/TrueBlueAussie/g4drety2/3/

Notes:

• The value needs to be n+1
• .slice(-5) is faster as :gt cannot use browser performance boosting.