Question

I’m using the current jQuery:

$(function() {
    $('span .breadcrumb').each(function(){
        $('#nav').addClass($(this).text());
        $('#container').addClass($(this).text());
        $('.stretch_footer').addClass($(this).text())
        $('#footer').addClass($(this).text());
    });
});

It applies the text held in the breadcrumb to 4 elements on the page, allowing me to style specifically to the page there on.

I’d like to try adding an ID instead of a class, how can I achieve this?

Answer 1

Try this:

$('element').attr('id', 'value');

So it becomes;

$(function() {
    $('span .breadcrumb').each(function(){
        $('#nav').attr('id', $(this).text());
        $('#container').attr('id', $(this).text());
        $('.stretch_footer').attr('id', $(this).text())
        $('#footer').attr('id', $(this).text());
    });
});

So you are changing/overwriting the id of three elements and adding an id to one element.
You can modify as per you needs…