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Adding Borders

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$("ul").on("click", function(){   $(this).css({"border":"3px groove black"}); }); $("li").on("click", function(){   $(this).css({"border-style":"dotted",                "border-size":1,                "border-color":"blue"}); });

Another useful style that can be programmatically applied to elements is borders. Borders give you a way to highlight specific elements on the page or just change the look of things.

You can change the CSS attributes that apply borders to elements in jQuery using the .css(property, value) or .css({property:value, property:value...}) method.

By the way

You can set all the border options at the same time using the border property with a size, style, and color, for example: ...