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HTML
<ul>
<li>
<a href="#" id="home">Home</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#" id="not-home">not home</a>
</li>
</ul>
CSS
.active {
background-color: red;
}
JavaScript
$(function() {
$('li a').click(function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
$('a').removeClass('active');
$(this).addClass('active');
});
});