How do you add a class to the <html> root element using Javascript?
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I'd recommend that you take a look at jQuery.
jQuery way:
$("html").addClass("myClass");
Like this:
var root = document.getElementsByTagName( 'html' )[0]; // '0' to assign the first (and only `HTML` tag) root.setAttribute( 'class', 'myCssClass' );
Or use this as your 'setter' line to preserve any previously applied classes: (thanks @ama2)
root.className += ' myCssClass';
Or, depending on the required browser support, you can use the classList.add() method:
classList.add()
root.classList.add('myCssClass');
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element/classList http://caniuse.com/#feat=classlist
UPDATE:
A more elegant solution for referencing the HTML element might be this:
HTML
var root = document.documentElement; root.className += ' myCssClass'; // ... or: // root.classList.add('myCssClass'); //
You should append class not overwrite it
var headCSS = document.getElementsByTagName("html")[0].getAttribute("class") || ""; document.getElementsByTagName("html")[0].setAttribute("class",headCSS +"foo");
I would still recommend using jQuery to avoid browser incompatibilities
This should also work:
document.documentElement.className = 'myClass';
Compatibility.
Edit:
IE 10 reckons it's readonly; yet:
Opera works:
I can also confirm it works in:
With Jquery... You can add class to html elements like this:
$(".divclass").find("p,h1,h2,h3,figure,span,a").addClass('nameclassorid');
nameclassorid no point or # at the beginning
document.documentElement.classList.add('myCssClass');
classList is supported since ie10: https://caniuse.com/#search=classlist
classList
document.getElementsByTagName("html")[0].classList.add('theme-dark'); document.getElementsByTagName("html")[0].classList.remove('theme-dark') document.getElementsByTagName("html")[0].classList.toggle('theme-dark')