XSLT getting last element

Question

I am trying to find the last element in my xml  which looks like       lt list gt           lt element name  quot A quot    gt           lt element name  quot B quot   gt               lt element name  quot C quot    gt               lt element name  quot D quot   gt                   lt element name  quot D quot    gt                   lt element name  quot E quot    gt                   lt element name  quot F quot    gt                   lt element name  quot G quot    gt               lt  element gt           lt element name  quot H quot    gt           lt element name  quot I quot    gt       lt  list gt   I need to get some kind of reverse menu  where current element and parents are highlighted as  quot active quot  and sibling as  quot inactive quot   Instead in result I have a messy tree only when  I suppose  quot D quot  element clicked  Double D elements are my problem  When I use select  quot   element  name  D   last    quot  or select  quot   element  name  D  and last    quot   btw which one is correct   first time first occurrence of D element is selected  debugger shows that   Here is xsl  lt xsl template match  quot list quot  gt       lt xsl apply-templates select  quot   navelement  name    D   last    quot  mode  quot active quot   gt   lt  xsl template gt    lt xsl template match  quot element quot  gt       lt ul class  quot menu quot  gt       lt xsl apply-templates select  quot preceding-sibling  node   quot  mode  quot inactive quot   gt           lt li gt  lt a gt      lt  a gt  lt  li gt       lt xsl apply-templates select  quot following-sibling  node   quot  mode  quot inactive quot   gt       lt  ul gt          lt xsl apply-templates select  quot parent  element quot  mode  quot active quot   gt   lt  xsl template gt    lt xsl template match  quot element quot  mode  quot inactive quot  gt           lt li gt  lt a gt      lt  a gt  lt  li gt   lt  xsl template gt

User · Accepted Answer

You need to put the last   indexing on the nodelist result  rather than as part of the selection criteria  Try     element  name  D    last

[xslt] XSLT getting last element

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