The css(properties) method sets a key/value object as a style property for all matched elements.
css( properties ) - Syntax
selector.css( properties )
The above syntax can be written as follows −
selector.css( { key1:val1, key2:val2....keyN:valN})
Here is the description of all parameters used by this method −
key:value - A key/value pair to set as a style attribute.
css( properties ) - example
Following is a simple example that simply illustrates the usage of this method −
<html> <head> <title>The jQuery Example</title> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.3/jquery.min.js"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> $(document).ready(function() { $("div").click(function () { var color=$(this).css("background-color"); $("#result").html("That div is <span>" + color + "</span>."); $("#result").css({ color: yellow, font-weight : bold, background-color: gray}); }); }); </script> <style> div { width:60px; height:60px; margin:5px; float:left; } </style> </head> <body> <p>Click on any square:</p> <span id="result"> </span> <div style="background-color:blue;"></div> <div style="background-color:rgb(15,99,30);"></div> <div style="background-color:#123456;"></div> <div style="background-color:#f11;"></div> </body> </html>
This will produce the following output -