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title: "How to manipulate CSS styles dynamically using jQuery?"  
description: "How to manipulate CSS styles dynamically using jQuery?"  
author: "Revati S Misra"  
published: 2023-07-16  
updated: 2023-07-17  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/159121/how-to-manipulate-css-styles-dynamically-using-jquery  
category: "jquery"  
tags: ["jquery", "jquery ui", "jquery selectors"]  
reading_time: 3 minutes  

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# How to manipulate CSS styles dynamically using jQuery?

How to manipulate [CSS](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/514/background-gradient-ie7-css-problem) styles dynamically using jQuery?

## Replies

### Reply by Aryan Kumar

Sure, here are the steps on how to manipulate CSS style dynamically using jQuery:

1. **Select the element you want to manipulate.** You can do this by using the `$(element)` selector. For example, to select the element with the ID `myElement`, you would use the following code:

```plaintext
$("myElement");
```

1. **Use the** `css()` **method to set the style property of the element.** The `css()` method takes two arguments: the name of the style property and the value of the style property. For example, to set the background color of the element to red, you would use the following code:

```plaintext
$("myElement").css("background-color", "red");
```

1. **You can also use the** `css()` **method to get the current value of a style property.** To do this, you would simply omit the second argument from the `css()` method. For example, to get the current background color of the element, you would use the following code:

```plaintext
var backgroundColor = $("myElement").css("background-color");
```

1. **You can also use the** `addClass()` **and** `removeClass()` **methods to add and remove classes from an element.** This can be used to change the style of an element dynamically. For example, to add the class `red` to the element, you would use the following code:

```plaintext
$("myElement").addClass("red");
```

1. **Finally, you can use the** `toggleClass()` **method to toggle the class** `red` **on and off the element.** This means that if the element already has the class `red`, it will be removed. Otherwise, the class `red` will be added to the element. For example, to toggle the class `red` on and off the element, you would use the following code:

```plaintext
$("myElement").toggleClass("red");
```

Here is an example of how to use jQuery to manipulate CSS style dynamically:

```plaintext
$(document).ready(function() {
  // Select the element with the ID "myElement"
  var element = $("#myElement");

  // Set the background color of the element to red
  element.css("background-color", "red");

  // Add the class "red" to the element
  element.addClass("red");

  // Toggle the class "red" on and off the element
  element.toggleClass("red");
});
```

This code will first select the element with the ID `myElement`. Then, it will set the background color of the element to red. Next, it will add the class `red` to the element. Finally, it will toggle the class `red` on and off the element.

I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any other questions.


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