jQuery attr()
get class name
<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>jQuery Get Class Name of an Element</title> <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.12.4.min.js"></script> <script> $(document).ready(function(){ $("button").click(function(){ var className = $("#test").attr("class"); document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = className; });/* w ww. ja v a2s . c o m*/ }); </script> </head> <body> <p id="demo"></p> <div id="test" class="hint"> Click the following button to get the class name of this div element.</div> <br> <button type="button">Get Class Name</button> </body> </html>