manipulating :before by using predefined CSS attr()
HTML
<div id="ena">
<div id="duo">
<p>ena p</p>
<p id="duop">duoyyyyyyyyyyyyyy p</p>
</div>
</div>
CSS
#ena{
width:300px;
height:300px;
border:1px black solid;
position:relative;
}
#duo{
opacity:1;
position:absolute;
top:50px;
width:300px;
height:100px;
background-color:white;
}
#ena:before {
content: attr(data-before);
color: white;
cursor: pointer;
position: absolute;
background-color:red;
opacity:0.9;
width:100%;
height:100%;
}
JavaScript
$('#ena').on('click', function () {
$('head').append("<style>#ena:before { opacity:0.3; }</style>");
});
$('#duop').on('click', function (e) {
$('head').append("<style>#ena:before { opacity:0.8; }</style>");
e.stopPropagation();
});