jQuery css() method

May 07, 2021 jQuery

jQuery - css() method

The css() method sets or returns one or more style properties of the selected element.

To return the value of the specified CSS property, use the following syntax:

css(" propertyname ");

The following example returns the background-color value of the first matching element:

$("p").css("background-color");

To set the specified CSS property, use the following syntax:

css(" propertyname "," value ");

The following example sets the background-color value for all matching elements:

$("p").css("background-color","yellow");

To set more than one CSS property, use the following syntax:

css({" propertyname ":" value "," propertyname ":" value ",...});

The following example sets background-color and font-size for all matching elements:

$("p").css({"background-color":"yellow","font-size":"200%"});