How to add and remove classes in Javascript without jQuery

Solution 1:

Another approach to add the class to element using pure JavaScript

For adding class:

document.getElementById("div1").classList.add("classToBeAdded");

For removing class:

document.getElementById("div1").classList.remove("classToBeRemoved");

Note: but not supported in IE <= 9 or Safari <=5.0

Solution 2:

The following 3 functions work in browsers which don't support classList:

function hasClass(el, className)
{
    if (el.classList)
        return el.classList.contains(className);
    return !!el.className.match(new RegExp('(\\s|^)' + className + '(\\s|$)'));
}

function addClass(el, className)
{
    if (el.classList)
        el.classList.add(className)
    else if (!hasClass(el, className))
        el.className += " " + className;
}

function removeClass(el, className)
{
    if (el.classList)
        el.classList.remove(className)
    else if (hasClass(el, className))
    {
        var reg = new RegExp('(\\s|^)' + className + '(\\s|$)');
        el.className = el.className.replace(reg, ' ');
    }
}

https://jaketrent.com/post/addremove-classes-raw-javascript/

Solution 3:

For future friendliness, I second the recommendation for classList with polyfill/shim: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element/classList#wrapper

var elem = document.getElementById( 'some-id' );
elem.classList.add('some-class'); // Add class
elem.classList.remove('some-other-class'); // Remove class
elem.classList.toggle('some-other-class'); // Add or remove class
if ( elem.classList.contains('some-third-class') ) { // Check for class
    console.log('yep!');
}

Solution 4:

classList is available from IE10 onwards, use that if you can.

element.classList.add("something");
element.classList.remove("some-class");