Element: classList property

{{APIRef("DOM")}} 

The read-only classList property of the {{domxref("Element")}}  interface contains a live {{domxref("DOMTokenList")}}  collection representing the class attribute of the element. This can then be used to manipulate the class list.

Using classList is a convenient alternative to accessing an element’s list of classes as a space-delimited string via {{domxref("element.className")}} .

Value

A {{domxref("DOMTokenList")}}  object representing the contents of the element’s class attribute. If the class attribute is not set or empty, it returns an empty DOMTokenList, i.e., a DOMTokenList with the length property equal to 0.

Although the classList property itself is read-only in the sense that you can’t replace the DOMTokenList object, you can still assign to the classList property directly, which is equivalent to assigning to its {{domxref("DOMTokenList/value", "value")}}  property. You can also modify the DOMTokenList object using the {{domxref("DOMTokenList/add", "add()")}} , {{domxref("DOMTokenList/remove", "remove()")}} , {{domxref("DOMTokenList/replace", "replace()")}} , and {{domxref("DOMTokenList/toggle", "toggle()")}}  methods.

Examples

const div = document.createElement("div");
div.classList = "foo"; // forwarded to classList.value

// our starting state: <div class="foo"></div>
console.log(div.outerHTML);

// use the classList API to remove and add classes
div.classList.remove("foo");
div.classList.add("another-class");

// <div class="another-class"></div>
console.log(div.outerHTML);

// if visible is set remove it, otherwise add it
div.classList.toggle("visible");

// add/remove visible, depending on test conditional, i less than 10
div.classList.toggle("visible", i < 10);

// false
console.log(div.classList.contains("foo"));

// add or remove multiple classes
div.classList.add("foo", "bar", "baz");
div.classList.remove("foo", "bar", "baz");

// add or remove multiple classes using spread syntax
const cls = ["foo", "bar"];
div.classList.add(...cls);
div.classList.remove(...cls);

// replace class "foo" with class "bar"
div.classList.replace("foo", "bar");

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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See also

• {{domxref("Element.className")}} 
• {{domxref("DOMTokenList")}}