jquery toggle id's instead of classes?

Question

is there a way to make a toggle function that first of all toggles only one css style element, such as background-color or something like that. and that selects an id instead of a class, for i know of the toggleClass, but im just wondering if it's possible with ids instead?

$("#gallery").load('http://localhost/index.php/site/gallerys_avalible/ #gallerys_avalible'); 
  $('li').live('click', function(e) {  
      e.preventDefault();
      if(!clickCount >=1) {
        $(this).css("background-color","#CC0000");
        clickCount++; 
        }  
       console.log("I have been clicked!");
       return false;
       });

Answer 1

You really should use classes for that. IDs are unique within a page and should be used as points where you catch events ( via $.live() or some other method which uses event delegation ). Besides , if you think of using IDs because they have higher specificity in CSS rules , then you are going the wrong way.

In short: bad idea, stick to toggling classes.

Answer 2

EDIT:

After reading OP's comment - I believe this is what he is looking for a way to highlight an "active" link on click. And Yes, teresko is definitely right that you should be toggling the classes, not the ID's.

This is the essence of a jQuery snippet that you may be looking for:

$("li").bind('click', function(){
   // remove the active class if it's there
   if($("li.active").length) $("li.active").removeClass('active');
   // add teh active class to the clicked element
   $(this).addClass('active');
}); 

Demo

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Check out the jQuery toggle api.

It's a little confusing because a simple google search on jQuery toggle brings you to the show/hide toggle documentation. But, .toggle() can be used to alternate functions - you can even add more than two.

like so...

$("el").toggle(
       function(){
          $(this).css('background-color', 'red');
       },
       function(){
           $(this).css('background-color, ''); // sets the bg-color to nothing
       });