jQuery: Find the class of the clicked element

Last update on May 30 2022 10:20:12 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

jQuery Practical exercise Part - I : Exercise-44

Find the class of the clicked element.

Sample Solution:

HTML Code :

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-git.js"></script>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width">
<title>Find  the class of the clicked element.</title>
</head>
<body>
<p>Click on the color and get the class name.</p>
<ul class="tabs">
<li class="ff0000">Red</li>
<li class="000000">Black</li>
<li class="ffd700">Gold</li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>

JavaScript Code:

$("li").click(function() {
   var colorClass = this.className;
   console.log(colorClass);
});

See the Pen jquery-practical-exercise-44 by w3resource (@w3resource) on CodePen.

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