jQuery - toggleClass( class ) Method

Description

The toggleClass( class ) method adds the specified class if it is not present, removes the specified class if it is present.

Syntax

Here is the simple syntax to use this method −

selector.toggleClass( class )

Parameters

Here is the description of all the parameters used by this method −

class − The name of CSS class.

Example

Following example would remove a class with one click and in second click it would again add the same class −

Live Demo

<html>
   <head>
      <title>The Selecter Example</title>
      <script type = "text/javascript" 
         src = "https://www.tutorialspoint.com/jquery/jquery-3.6.0.js">
      </script>
   
      <script type = "text/javascript" language = "javascript">
         $(document).ready(function() {
            $("p#pid").click(function () {
               $(this).toggleClass("red");
            });
         });
      </script>
		
      <style>
         .red { color:red; }
      </style>
   </head>
	
   <body>
      <p class = "green">Click following line to see the result</p>
      <p class = "red" id = "pid">This is first paragraph.</p>
   </body>
</html>

This will produce following result −

jquery-attributes.htm