jQuery css() Method (original) (raw)

Last Updated : 07 Jul, 2023

The **css() method in **jQuery is used to change the style property of the selected element. This method can be used in different ways. The css() method can be used to get/return the present value of the property for the selected element.

**Syntax:

$(selector).css(property)

or

$(selector).css(property, value)

or

$(selector).css(property, function(index, currentvalue))

or

$(selector).css({property:value, property:value, ...})

**Return value: It will return the value of the property for the selected element.

**Example 1: In this example, we will use css() method to get the text color of the paragraph element.

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**Output:

**Example 4: In this example, we will use css() method to apply multiple CSS properties simultaneously.

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