jqueryeventstargetaddclass

jquery addClass() not working with event.target

Please help.

Why is the jquery addClass() not working with event.target? I have made a code and it supposed to add class on the target when clicked, but it does not work, and it says,e.target.addClass is not a function.

http://jsfiddle.net/Lq9G4/

CODE:

<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <title>Class Test</title>
    <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.0.min.js"></script>
    <style>
        .big {
            font-size: 5em;
        }
        .small {
            font-size: 1em;
        }
    </style>

</head>
<body>
    <p>This is the text</p>
    <script>
        $(function() {
            $("p").click(function(e) {  
                      $("a").removeClass("big").addClass("small");
                      $("this").addClass("big"); //This doesn't work
                      e.target.addClass("big"); //nor this one                
                    });
        });

    </script>
</body>
</html>
Solution

  • Basically e.target will be a javascript object, you have to convert it into a Jquery object before utilizing its functions like .addClass()

    Try,

    $(e.target).addClass("big");

    and at the same time, $("this").addClass("big"); this code will not work since you are passing this as a string. this also a javascript object, you need to convert that too as a jquery object like $(this)