I am trying to change the background property of each day on a calendar, when clicked, between blue and green using javascript and CSS. like a toggle function. The default color is blue, and I’ve managed to get each day to turn green when clicked but I can’t figure out how to change them back to blue.
Here’s what I’ve tried.
const days = document.getElementsByClassName('day')
for (let i = 0; i < days.length; i++) {
days[i].addEventListener('click', function(e) {
if (e.target.style.background != 'linear-gradient(#7ce8b6, #00ff2a)') {
e.target.style.background = 'linear-gradient(#7ce8b6, #00ff2a)'
} else if (e.target.background != 'linear-gradient(#7CB9E8, #00FFFF)') {
e.target.background = 'linear-gradient(#7CB9E8, #00FFFF)'
}
});
}.day {
height: 10em;
width: 100px;
padding: 1em;
border: 5px solid rgb(29, 29, 116);
border-radius: 1em;
background: linear-gradient(#7CB9E8, #00FFFF);
}<div class="day">1</div> <div class="day">2</div> <div class="day">3</div> <div class="day">4</div> <div class="day">5</div> <div class="day">6</div> <div class="day">7</div> <div class="day">8</div> <div class="day">9</div> <div class="day">10</div>
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Answer
Define a CSS class that has the style for green background color and using javascript, just toggle that class on each div element.
const days = document.getElementsByClassName('day');
for (let i = 0; i < days.length; i++) {
days[i].addEventListener('click', function(e) {
days[i].classList.toggle("green");
});
}.day {
height: 30px;
width: 30px;
padding: 1em;
border: 5px solid rgb(29, 29, 116);
border-radius: 1em;
background: linear-gradient(#7CB9E8, #00FFFF);
}
.green {
background: linear-gradient(#7ce8b6, #00ff2a);
}<div class="day">1</div> <div class="day">2</div>