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Asked: 2026-05-11T02:35:43+00:00

Is there any syntactical way in jQuery to define multiple CSS attributes without stringing

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Is there any syntactical way in jQuery to define multiple CSS attributes without stringing everything out to the right like this:

$('#message').css('width', '550px').css('height', '300px').css('font-size', '8pt');

If you have, say, 20 of these your code will become hard to read, any solutions?

From jQuery API, for example, jQuery understands and returns the correct value for both 

.css({ 'background-color': '#ffe', 'border-left': '5px solid #ccc' })

and 

.css({backgroundColor: '#ffe', borderLeft: '5px solid #ccc' }).

Notice that with the DOM notation, quotation marks around the property names are optional, but with CSS notation they’re required due to the hyphen in the name.

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  1. Better to just use .addClass() and .removeClass() even if you have 1 or more styles to change. It’s more maintainable and readable.

    If you really have the urge to do multiple CSS properties, then use the following:

    .css({    'font-size' : '10px',    'width' : '30px',    'height' : '10px' });

    NB!
    Any CSS properties with a hyphen need to be quoted.
    I’ve placed the quotes so no one will need to clarify that, and the code will be 100% functional.

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