Wednesday, May 28, 2014

jQuery has several methods for CSS manipulation

  • addClass() - Adds one or more classes to the selected elements
  • removeClass() - Removes one or more classes from the selected elements
  • toggleClass() - Toggles between adding/removing classes from the selected elements
  • css() - Sets or returns the style attribute

jQuery remove() with Filter

<html>
<head>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
  $("button").click(function(){
    $("p").remove(".italic");
  });
});
</script>
</head>
<body>

<p>This is a paragraph in the div.</p>
<p class="italic"><i>This is another paragraph in the div.</i></p>
<p class="italic"><i>This is another paragraph in the div.</i></p>
<button>Remove all p elements with class="italic"</button>

</body>
</html>

jQuery empty() Method : removes the child elements of the selected element(s).

<html>
<head>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
  $("button").click(function(){
    $("#div1").empty();
  });
});
</script>
</head>
<body>

<div id="div1" style="height:100px;width:300px;border:1px solid black;background-color:yellow;">

This is some text in the div.
<p>This is a paragraph in the div.</p>
<p>This is another paragraph in the div.</p>

</div>
<br>
<button>Empty the div element</button>

</body>
</html>

jQuery remove() Method : removes the selected element(s) and its child elements.

<html>
<head>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
  $("button").click(function(){
    $("#div1").remove();
  });
});
</script>
</head>
<body>

<div id="div1" style="height:100px;width:300px;border:1px solid black;background-color:yellow;">

This is some text in the div.
<p>This is a paragraph in the div.</p>
<p>This is another paragraph in the div.</p>

</div>
<br>
<button>Remove div element</button>

</body>
</html>

jQuery after() and before() Methods

<html>
<head>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
  $("#btn1").click(function(){
    $("img").before("<b>Before</b>");
  });

  $("#btn2").click(function(){
    $("img").after("<i>After</i>");
  });
});
</script>
</head>

<body>
<img src="/images/w3jquery.gif" alt="jQuery" width="100" height="140">
<br><br>
<button id="btn1">Insert before</button>
<button id="btn2">Insert after</button>
</body>
</html>

jQuery prepend() Method

<html>
<head>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
  $("#btn1").click(function(){
    $("p").prepend("<b>Prepended text</b>. ");
  });
  $("#btn2").click(function(){
    $("ol").prepend("<li>Prepended item</li>");
  });
});
</script>
</head>
<body>

<p>This is a paragraph.</p>
<p>This is another paragraph.</p>
<ol>
<li>List item 1</li>
<li>List item 2</li>
<li>List item 3</li>
</ol>

<button id="btn1">Prepend text</button>
<button id="btn2">Prepend list item</button>

</body>
</html>

jQuery append() Method

<html>
<head>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
  $("#btn1").click(function(){
    $("p").append(" <b>Appended text</b>.");
  });

  $("#btn2").click(function(){
    $("ol").append("<li>Appended item</li>");
  });
});
</script>
</head>

<body>
<p>This is a paragraph.</p>
<p>This is another paragraph.</p>
<ol>
<li>List item 1</li>
<li>List item 2</li>
<li>List item 3</li>
</ol>
<button id="btn1">Append text</button>
<button id="btn2">Append list items</button>
</body>
</html>