jQuery, id Selector

You create an id for one or more HTML tags and with jQuery you can manipulate it. Syntax: $('#idName').css(propertyName', 'propertyValue'); See the example below. Show / Hide Script Show / Hide Demo <html> <head> <style type='text/css'> </style> <script type='text/javascript' src='http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.min.js'></script> <script type='text/javascript'> $(document).ready(function(){ $('#box').css('background','yellow') .css('border','solid 16px green') }) </script> </head> <body> <div id='box'>This is a div tag with box id.</div> <div id='notbox'>This is a div tag with notbox id.</div> </body> </html> This is a div tag with box id. This is a div tag with notbox id.