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JavaScript

Posted by Jaco Kotzee
Jaco Kotzee
Courses Plus Student 20,157 Points

Remove a class on the button which was previously clicked using vanilla JavaScript

Hi all, I'm stuck with a problem. I'm adding active classes to the pagination button which is clicked. NOW I want to remove the active class on the button which was previously clicked.

Any ideas?

    for(let i = 0; i < buttons.length; i++) {
        buttons[i].addEventListener("click", () => {
            showPage((i + 1),students);
            console.log(`page number ${i + 1} is clicked`);
            buttons[i].firstElementChild.setAttribute('class', 'active');
        });
    };

1 Answer

Kevin Becerra
Kevin Becerra
14,243 Points

You can use another eventListener that takes and if statement to check if the Element being called upon already has that class. If it does you use button[i].firstElementChild.classList.remove("active"). You could also just modify your existing code to include that if statement.