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$(document).ready(function () {
        $(":button").click(function (e) {
            var element = e.target.id;
            $('#target').add(element).css("color", "aqua");
        });
    });
<html>
<head>
<title>adding element</title>
</head>
<body>
<div id="target">This is Div element. Div is our target Element.</div>
<p>This is paragraph element.</p>
<b>This is bold element.</b>
<h3>This is h3 element.</h3>
<span>This is span element.</span><br /><br />
<input type="button" id="p" value="Add p to target"/>
<input type="button" id="b" value="Add b to target"/>
<input type="button" id="h3" value="Add h3 to target"/>
<input type="button" id="span" value="Add span to target"/>
<input type="button" value="Back To Normal" onclick="location.reload()" />
</body>
</html>