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Is there a way to add a second class to an HTML tag using javascript? For example, say you had the element <p class="a"> and you wanted to add class="b". If you used document.getElementByClassName("a").class = "b" that would remove class "a". Is there a way to have both in the same element?

CBroe · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-24T05:54:42.997

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document.getElementsByClassName("a")[0].className += " b"

First of all, the method is named getElementsByClassName, plural. You need to refer to a specific element in the collection that it returns, via a zero-based index.

And you need the space before b here, so that you don’t end up with ab, but a b.

edited Aug 24 '15 at 05:54

answered Aug 23 '15 at 22:04

CBroe

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You need to use `className`, not `class` – bumpy Aug 23 '15 at 22:19
@bumpy: You’re right of course, don’t know how I missed that. – CBroe Aug 24 '15 at 05:55

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:00

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Try this one here:

document.getElementByClassName("a").className += " b"

Got it from here: How do I add a class to a given element?

edited May 23 '17 at 12:00

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answered Aug 23 '15 at 22:04

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You need to use `className`, not `class` – bumpy Aug 23 '15 at 22:10
Damn copy paste. :) Thanks for the hint. fixed – HelloWorld Aug 23 '15 at 22:11

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