Question

I want to do a listing with li elements and when I click on one of those <li> s then change the background of the li element and if I click on another than change the other li‘s background and return the other li‘s background to the original color.

Something like this:

<ul>
 <li>Option1</li>
 <li>Option2</li>
</ul>

and when I click on option 1 highlight its background or put a border, and wen I click on option 2 then return the first divs propietes and change the option 2’s background color.

Answer 1

Try this:

$(function(){
$("li").click(function(){
  $("li").css("backgroundColor", "white");
  $(this).css("backgroundColor", "yellow");
});

});

Working demo