Change the color of selected menu item using css

Question

I want to highlight currently opening page using css styles.here is my html code

<ul class="nav" id="nav">
  <li id="home">
    <a href="home.html" data-id="home" target="ifrm">Home</a>
    <ul>
     <li><a href="item1.html" target="ifrm">item1</a></li>
     <li><a href="item2.html" target="ifrm">item2</a></li>
     <li><a href="item3.html" target="ifrm">item3</a></li>
    </ul>
  </li>
  <li id="skill"><a href="skill.html" data-id="skill" target="ifrm">Skill</a></li>
  <li id="research"><a href="research.html" data-id="research"    target="ifrm">Research</a></li>
  <li id="link"><a href="link.html" data-id="link" target="ifrm">Link</a></li>
</ul>
<iframe name="ifrm"></iframe>

It should be only change the font and background color of menu list ,witch page is loading in the iframe.

Answer 1

 $(function(){ $('li a').click(function(){ $('li a').each(function(a){ $( this ).removeClass('selectedclass') }); $( this ).addClass('selectedclass'); }); $('ul a').click(function(){ $('ul a').each(function(a){ $( this ).removeClass('selectedclass') }); $( this ).addClass('selectedclass'); }); }); 

 li a.selectedclass { color:red; background-color:blue; } 

 <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script> <ul class="nav" id="nav"> <li id="home"><a href="home.html" data-id="home" target="ifrm">Home</a> <ul> <li ><a href="item1.html" target="ifrm">item1</a></li> <li ><a href="item2.html" target="ifrm">item2</a></li> <li ><a href="item3.html" target="ifrm">item3</a></li> </ul> </li> <li id="skill"><a href="skill.html" data-id="skill" target="ifrm">Skill</a></li> <li id="research"><a href="research.html" data-id="research" target="ifrm">Research</a></li> <li id="link"><a href="link.html" data-id="link" target="ifrm">Link</a></li> </ul> <iframe name="ifrm"></iframe> 

You need to define first a class that has required styles and then click of anchor tag remove this class from all the class and then add it to the clicked anchor tag.

Answer 2

Add this code in your file

<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
    $("a").click(function(){
        $("a").css("color","BLUE"); // change this color to default one
        $( this ).css( "color", "RED" ); 
    });
</script>