JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
by HoffZ
HTML
<div id="navigation">
<ul>
<li><a class="navSelected NavigationItem" href="#" >Section 1</a><span>ben</span></li>
<li><a class="NavigationItem" href="#" >Section 2</a><span>ben</span></li>
<li><a class="NavigationItem" href="#" >Section 3</a><span>ben</span></li>
<li><a class="NavigationItem" href="#" >Section 4</a><span>ben</span></li>
<li><a class="NavigationItem" href="#" >Section 5</a><span>ben</span></li>
</ul>
</div>
<img class="prev" src="img/prev.gif" alt="prev" width="42" height="53" />
<img class="next" src="img/next.gif" alt="next" width="42" height="53" />
CSS
.navSelected { color:red; }
JavaScript
$('.next').click(function() {
$('#navigation li a.navSelected').removeClass('navSelected')
.parent().next().find('a.NavigationItem').addClass('navSelected');
});