[javascript] How to change css property using javascript

I want to change css property of class using javascript. What i actually want is when a div is hoverd, another div should become visible.

My css is like..

.left, .right{
    margin:10px;
    float:left;
    border:1px solid red;
    height:60px;
    width:60px
}
.left:hover, .right:hover{
    border:1px solid blue;
}

.center{
    float:left;
    height:60px;
    width:160px
}

.center .left1, .center .right1{
    margin:10px;
    float:left;
    border:1px solid green;
    height:60px;
    width:58px;
    display:none;
}

And html file is like..

<div class="left">
    Hello
</div>
<div class="center">
       <div class="left1">
           Bye
    </div>
       <div class="right1">
           Bye1
    </div>    
</div>
<div class="right">
    Hello2
</div>

When hello1 div is hovered, bye1 div should be visible and similarly bye2 should appear when hello2 is hovered.

http://jsfiddle.net/rohan23dec/TqDe9/1/

This question is related to javascript css hover

The answer is


This is really easy using jQuery.

For instance:

$(".left").mouseover(function(){$(".left1").show()});
$(".left").mouseout(function(){$(".left1").hide()});

I've update your fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/TqDe9/2/


Use document.getElementsByClassName('className').style = your_style.

var d = document.getElementsByClassName("left1");
d.className = d.className + " otherclass";

Use single quotes for JS strings contained within an html attribute's double quotes

Example

<div class="somelclass"></div>

then document.getElementsByClassName('someclass').style = "NewclassName";

<div class='someclass'></div>

then document.getElementsByClassName("someclass").style = "NewclassName";

This is personal experience.


var hello = $('.right') // or var hello = document.getElementByClassName('right')
var bye = $('.right1')
hello.onmouseover = function()
{
    bye.style.visibility = 'visible'
}
hello.onmouseout = function()
{
    bye.style.visibility = 'hidden'
}

Consider the following example: If you want to change a single CSS property(say, color to 'blue'), then the below statement works fine.

document.getElementById("ele_id").style.color="blue";

But, for changing multiple properies the more robust way is using Object.assign() or, object spread operator {...};

See below:

const ele=document.getElementById("ele_id");
const custom_style={
    display: "block",
    color: "red"
}

//Object.assign():
Object.assign(ele.style,custum_style);

Spread operator works similarly, just the syntax is a little different.


Just for the info, this can be done with CSS only with just minor HTML and CSS changes

HTML:

<div class="left">
    Hello
</div>
<div class="right">
    Hello2
</div>
<div class="center">
       <div class="left1">
           Bye
    </div>
       <div class="right1">
           Bye1
    </div>    
</div>

CSS:

.left, .right{
    margin:10px;
    float:left;
    border:1px solid red;
    height:60px;
    width:60px
}
.left:hover, .right:hover{
    border:1px solid blue;
}
.right{
     float :right;
}
.center{
    float:left;
    height:60px;
    width:160px
}

.center .left1, .center .right1{
    margin:10px;
    float:left;
    border:1px solid green;
    height:60px;
    width:58px;
    display:none;
}
.left:hover ~ .center .left1 {
    display:block;
}

.right:hover ~ .center .right1 {
    display:block;
}

and the DEMO: http://jsfiddle.net/pavloschris/y8LKM/


You can use style property for this. For example, if you want to change border -

document.elm.style.border = "3px solid #FF0000";

similarly for color -

 document.getElementById("p2").style.color="blue";

Best thing is you define a class and do this -

document.getElementById("p2").className = "classname";

(Cross Browser artifacts must be considered accordingly).