The className
property of the Element
interface gets and sets the value of the class
attribute of the specified element.
Syntax
var cName = elementNodeReference.className; elementNodeReference.className = cName;
cName
is a string variable representing the class or space-separated classes of the current element.
Example
let el = document.getElementById('item'); if (el.className === 'active'){ el.className = 'inactive'; } else { el.className = 'active'; }
Notes
The name className
is used for this property instead of class
because of conflicts with the "class" keyword in many languages which are used to manipulate the DOM.
className
can also be an instance of SVGAnimatedString
if the element
is an SVGElement
. It is better to get/set the className
of an element using Element.getAttribute
and Element.setAttribute
if you are dealing with SVG elements. However, take into account that Element.getAttribute
returns null
instead of ""
if the element
has an empty class
attribute.
elm.setAttribute('class', elm.getAttribute('class'))
The class
is an HTML Attribute, while the className
is a DOM Property.
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
DOM The definition of 'element.className' in that specification. |
Living Standard | |
DOM4 The definition of 'element.className' in that specification. |
Obsolete | |
Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 HTML Specification The definition of 'element.className' in that specification. |
Obsolete | Initial definition |
Browser compatibility
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Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
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className | Chrome Full support 43 | Edge Full support 12 | Firefox Full support 1 | IE Full support 8 | Opera Full support 8 | Safari Full support 6 | WebView Android Full support 43 | Chrome Android Full support 43 | Firefox Android Full support 4 | Opera Android Full support 10.1 | Safari iOS Full support 6 | Samsung Internet Android Full support 4.0 |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support