How to manipulate CSS pseudo-elements ::before and ::after using jQuery?


To manipulate CSS pseudo elements using the hover() function. You can try to run the following code to learn how to manipulate CSS pseudo-elements −

Example

Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.2.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
    $('span').hover(function(){
    $(this).addClass('change').attr('data-content','bar');
});
});
</script>
<style>
span.change:after {
    content: attr(data-content) ' This is demo text.';
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<p>Place cursor below...</p>
<span>foo</span>

</body>
</html>

Updated on: 15-Jun-2020

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