JavaScript / jQuery CSS Style

jQuery vs JavaScript

jQuery was created by John Resig in 2006. It is designed to handle browser incompatibilities and simplify HTML DOM operations, event handling, animations, and Ajax.

For more than a decade, jQuery has been the most popular JavaScript library in the world.

However, after JavaScript Version 5 (2009), most jQuery utilities can be resolved with a few lines of standard JavaScript:

Hide HTML Element

Hide an HTML element:

jQuery

myElement.hide();

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JavaScript

myElement.style.display = "none";

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Display HTML Element

Display an HTML element:

jQuery

myElement.show();

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JavaScript

myElement.style.display = "";

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Style an HTML element

Change the font size of an HTML element:

jQuery

myElement.css("font-size","35px");

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JavaScript

myElement.style.fontSize = "35px";

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