# jQuery - Get and Set CSS Classes

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With jQuery, it is easy to manipulate the CSS of elements.

## jQuery Manipulating CSS

jQuery has several methods for CSS manipulation. We will look at the following methods:

- 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

## Example Stylesheet

The following stylesheet will be used for all the examples on this page:

.important {
font-weight: bold;
font-size: xx-large;
}
.blue {
color: blue;
}

## jQuery addClass() Method

The following example shows how to add class attributes to different elements. Of course you can select multiple elements, when adding classes:

## Example

$("button").click(function(){
$("h1,h2,p").addClass("blue");
$("div").addClass("important");
});
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You can also specify multiple classes within the addClass() method:

## Example

$("button").click(function(){
$("#div1").addClass("important blue");
});
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## jQuery removeClass() Method

The following example shows how to remove a specific class attribute from different elements:

## Example

$("button").click(function(){
$("h1,h2,p").removeClass("blue");
});
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## jQuery toggleClass() Method

The following example will show how to use the jQuery toggleClass() method. This method toggles between adding/removing classes from the selected elements:

## Example

$("button").click(function(){
$("h1,h2,p").toggleClass("blue");
});
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## jQuery css() Method

The jQuery css() method will be explained in the next chapter.

## jQuery CSS Reference

For a complete overview of all jQuery CSS methods, please go to our jQuery HTML/CSS Reference.

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