jQuery addClass() Method

Quiz

The addClass() method in jQuery is used to add one or more class named to the selected elements.

This method does not delete any existing class attributes; it simply appends one or more class names to the class attribute.

Note: If we want to add more than one class to an element, we need to seperate the class names with spaces.

Syntax

Following is the syntax of addClass() method in jQuery −

$(selector).addClass(classname,function(index,currentclass))

Parameters

This method accepts the following parameters −

classname: This specifies the name of the class(es) to be added to the selected element(s).
function(index, currentclass): This is an optional callback function that allows you to manipulate each selected element individually.

Example 1

In the following example, we are using the addClass() method to add a class name "highlight" to all the <p> elements −

<html>
<head>
  <style>
      .highlight {
        background-color: yellow;
      }
  </style>
  <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.6.0.min.js"></script>
  <script>
      $(document).ready(function(){
          $("button").click(function(){
              $("p").addClass("highlight");
          })
      });
  </script>
</head>
<body>
    <p>This paragraph will be highlighted.</p>
    <p>This paragraph will also be highlighted.</p>
    <button>Click</button>
</body>
</html>

When we click the button, the class "highlight" will be added to all the paragraph elements.

Example 2

In this example, we are adding multiple classes "highlight" and "bold" to the selected elements (<p>) −

<html>
<head>
  <style>
      .highlight {
          background-color: yellow;
      }
      .bold {
          font-weight: bold;
      }
  </style>
  <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.6.0.min.js"></script>
  <script>
      $(document).ready(function(){
        $("button").click(function(){
            $("p").addClass("highlight bold");
        })
      });
  </script>
</head>
<body>
  <p>This paragraph will be highlighted and bold.</p>
  <p>This paragraph will also be highlighted and bold.</p>
  <button>Click</button>
</body>
</html>

After clicking the button, the class "highlight" and "bold will be added to all the paragraph elements.

Example 3

In this example, we use the addClass() method with a callback function to add different classes based on the index of each

element −

<html>
<head>
    <style>
        .even {
            background-color: lightblue;
        }
        .odd {
            background-color: lightgreen;
        }
    </style>
    <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.6.0.min.js"></script>
    <script>
        $(document).ready(function(){
            $("button").click(function(){
                $("p").addClass(function(index) {
                return index % 2 === 0 ? "even" : "odd";
            });
          })
        });
    </script>
</head>
<body>
    <p>Paragraph 1</p>
    <p>Paragraph 2</p>
    <p>Paragraph 3</p>
    <p>Paragraph 4</p>
    <button>Click</button>
</body>
</html>

When we click the button, the even indexed <p> elements will be highlighted with "lightblue" background color. Odd indexed <p> elements will be highlighted with "lightgreen" background color.

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