Question

list of link. required when we click it changes its color i.e highlight active link…
I can’t use css as this page is not refreshing. Want to highlight current link.

HTML

<table border="0">
    <tr style=" width: 100px;">
        <td>
            <div class="overMe">
                <a href="javascript:void(0);" class="leftList">link 1</a>
            </div>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr style=" width: 100px;">
        <td>
            <div class="overMe">
                <a href="javascript:void(0);" class="leftList">link 2</a>
            </div>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr style=" width: 100px;">
        <td>
            <div class="overMe">
                <a href="javascript:void(0);" class="leftList">link 3</a>
            </div>
        </td>
    </tr> </table>

​CSS

a {
    color: darkgreen;   
}


.selected {
     color: red;   
}

jQuery Code

$(document).ready(function(){
    $('.overMe a').click(function(){
        $(this).addClass('selected');
        $('.overMe a').siblings().removeClass('selected');
    });
})

​EXAMPLE : http://jsfiddle.net/TL9rh/

Answer 1

Use .not(this):

$('.overMe a').not(this).removeClass('selected');

Example: http://jsfiddle.net/Curt/TL9rh/65/