jQuery HTML / CSS Methods
The following table lists all the methods used to manipulate the HTML and CSS.
The methods below work for both HTML and XML documents. Exception: the html() method.
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| addClass() | Adds one or more class names to selected elements |
| after() | Inserts content after selected elements |
| append() | Inserts content at the end of selected elements |
| appendTo() | Inserts HTML elements at the end of selected elements |
| attr() | Sets or returns attributes/values of selected elements |
| before() | Inserts content before selected elements |
| clone() | Makes a copy of selected elements |
| css() | Sets or returns one or more style properties for selected elements |
| detach() | Removes selected elements (keeps data and events) |
| empty() | Removes all child nodes and content from selected elements |
| hasClass() | Checks if any of the selected elements have a specified class name |
| height() | Sets or returns the height of selected elements |
| html() | Sets or returns the content of selected elements |
| innerHeight() | Returns the height of an element (includes padding, but not border) |
| innerWidth() | Returns the width of an element (includes padding, but not border) |
| insertAfter() | Inserts HTML elements after selected elements |
| insertBefore() | Inserts HTML elements before selected elements |
| offset() | Sets or returns the offset coordinates for selected elements (relative to the document) |
| offsetParent() | Returns the first positioned parent element |
| outerHeight() | Returns the height of an element (includes padding and border) |
| outerWidth() | Returns the width of an element (includes padding and border) |
| position() | Returns the position (relative to the parent element) of an element |
| prepend() | Inserts content at the beginning of selected elements |
| prependTo() | Inserts HTML elements at the beginning of selected elements |
| prop() | Sets or returns properties/values of selected elements |
| remove() | Removes the selected elements (including data and events) |
| removeAttr() | Removes one or more attributes from selected elements |
| removeClass() | Removes one or more classes from selected elements |
| removeProp() | Removes a property set by the prop() method |
| replaceAll() | Replaces selected elements with new HTML elements |
| replaceWith() | Replaces selected elements with new content |
| scrollLeft() | Sets or returns the horizontal scrollbar position of selected elements |
| scrollTop() | Sets or returns the vertical scrollbar position of selected elements |
| text() | Sets or returns the text content of selected elements |
| toggleClass() | Toggles between adding/removing one or more classes from selected elements |
| unwrap() | Removes the parent element of the selected elements |
| val() | Sets or returns the value attribute of the selected elements (for form elements) |
| width() | Sets or returns the width of selected elements |
| wrap() | Wraps HTML element(s) around each selected element |
| wrapAll() | Wraps HTML element(s) around all selected elements |
| wrapInner() | Wraps HTML element(s) around the content of each selected element |