jQuery addClass example

Change class name on click in jQuery

by cvalleskey

HTML

<nav class="main-navigation">
  <a href="#" class="logo">Kinder<br/>Academy</a>
  <ol>
    <li><a href="#">About</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Team</a></li>
    <li class="current"><a href="#">Curriculum</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Apply</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Contact</a></li>
  </ol>
  <button class="menu">☰</button>
</nav>
<section class="grid ">
  
</section>

CSS

* {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

body {
  background-color: #FFF;
  font: 20px/1.4 'Avenir Next', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;
}

nav {
  display: flex;
  width: 100%;
  justify-content: space-between;
  margin-bottom: 1vh;
}
nav .logo {
  background: #F7046E;
  padding: 1rem;
  color: #FFF;
  display: flex;
  text-decoration: none;
  align-items: flex-end;
  font-weight: bold;
  flex: 1 0 auto;
  max-width: 200px;
}
nav .menu {
  padding: 1rem;
  color: #292883;
  display: flex;
  text-decoration: none;
  align-items: flex-end;
  justify-content: center;
  border: none;
  background: transparent;
  font-size: 2rem;
  min-width: 10rem;
  cursor: pointer;
}
nav ol {
  list-style: none;
  display: flex;
  flex: 1 0 auto;
  max-width: 1200px;
}
nav ol li {
  flex: 1 0 auto;
  height: 10rem;
  display: flex;
  transition: all 0.3s;
  box-shadow: inset 0 0 0px -10px rgba(0,0,0,0);
}
nav ol a {
  display: flex;
  min-height: 100%;
  width: 100%;
  color: #292883;
  padding: 15vmin 1.5rem 5vmin;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  justify-content: center;
  text-align: end;
  text-decoration: none;
  align-items: flex-end;
  font-weight: 500;
  font-size: 0.825rem;
  letter-spacing: 0.2em;
  transition: all 0.25s cubic-bezier(0.75, 0, 0.25, 1.625);
}
nav li:hover {
  background: hsl(241, 53%, 95%);
  color: #222;
}
nav li:hover a {
  padding-top: 10vmin;
  padding-bottom: 10vmin;
}
nav li:active {
  background: hsl(241, 53%, 90%);
  color: #444;
}
nav li.current {
  background: hsl(241, 53%, 34%);
  color: #FFF;
  align-items: center;
}
nav li.current a {
  color: #FFF;
  padding-top: 10vmin;
  padding-bottom: 10vmin;
}
/* nav li.current:hover a {
  padding-top: 10vh;
  padding-bottom: 10vh;
}
nav li.current:active a {
  padding-top: 11vh;
  padding-bottom: 9vh;
} */

JavaScript

$('.main-navigation a').click(function() {
	$('.main-navigation li').removeClass('current');
  $(this).parent().addClass('current');
});