syntax:
css("propertyname");
Example will return the background-color value of the FIRST matched element:
Example(1)
Step 1:Create index.html file and implement below code.
<p style="background-color:#ff0000">This is a paragraph.</p> <p style="background-color:#00ff00">This is a paragraph.</p> <p style="background-color:#0000ff">This is a paragraph.</p> <button class="btn btn-primary">Return background-color of p</button>
Step 2:Implement jquery to use css method.
<script> $(document).ready(function(){ $("button").click(function(){ alert("Background color = " + $("p").css("background-color")); }); }); </script>
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>How To Return A CSS Property In JQuery With Example</title> <meta charset="utf-8"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.4.1/css/bootstrap.min.css"> <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.5.1/jquery.min.js"></script> </head> <style> body { background: darkolivegreen; } .blue { color: blue; } </style> <body> <div class="container"> <br><br><br> <br><br><br> <div class="text-center"> <h2 id="color" style="color: White">Return A CSS Property In JQuery</h2> </div> <br> <br> <div class="well"> <p style="background-color:#ff0000">This is a paragraph.</p> <p style="background-color:#00ff00">This is a paragraph.</p> <p style="background-color:#0000ff">This is a paragraph.</p> <button class="btn btn-primary">Return background-color of p</button> </div> </div> </body> </html> <script> $(document).ready(function(){ $("button").click(function(){ alert("Background color = " + $("p").css("background-color")); }); }); </script>