How to change the background color of UL 'li' on click?
EDIT i can change li "a" but what about the entire li
this works:
$(".clickableUL").click(function() {
$(this).find("li a").addClass("active");
});
but find("li") does nothing. I want the LI highlighted not just the text of the link.
// javascript
$("li>a").click(function(){
$(this).parent().toggleClass("clicked");
});
/* CSS */
li { background: blue; }
li.clicked { background: red; }
You could also use display: block; on the <a> to make it fill the <li> unless you want it to stay changed.
EDIT: d'oh! just realised you could also apply the click event directly to the <li> itself eg.
$("li").click(function(){
$(this).toggleClass("clicked");
});
You can modify the anchor's parent (assuming the parent is the <li> element.
$('a').click(function(evt) {
$(evt.target).parent().css('background-color', '#fff');
});
