jQuery addClass example

Change class name on click in jQuery

by Satheesh Kumar

HTML

<div id="container">
    <a href="blabla">link</a>
    <a href="foo" class="samle">link</a>
</div>

CSS

body {
  background: #20262E;
  padding: 20px;
  font-family: Helvetica;
}

#banner-message {
  background: #fff;
  border-radius: 4px;
  padding: 20px;
  font-size: 25px;
  text-align: center;
  transition: all 0.2s;
  margin: 0 auto;
  width: 300px;
}

button {
  background: #0084ff;
  border: none;
  border-radius: 5px;
  padding: 8px 14px;
  font-size: 15px;
  color: #fff;
}

#banner-message.alt {
  background: #0084ff;
  color: #fff;
  margin-top: 40px;
  width: 200px;
}

#banner-message.alt button {
  background: #fff;
  color: #000;
}

JavaScript

document.getElementById("container").onclick = function(evt){
console.log(evt.target.className)
        if (evt.target.tagName === "A")
            window.open(evt.target.href, evt.target.href);

        return false;
    }