jquery get classes of item code example

Example 1: jquery get class name

//jQuery get class name of element 
var className=$('#myElementID').attr('class');

Example 2: jquery: get class list using element id

$('#elementID').prop('classList').add('yourClassName')
$('#elementID').prop('classList').remove('yourClassName')

Example 3: how to get class name in jquery

var className = $('#sidebar').attr('class');