Is there a direct way to change class of currently selected li elements?

e.target.classList.add("className"); or this.classList.add("className"); you can use this or e.target to select current element.

var element = document.getElementById("myDIV"); element.classList.add("mystyle"); This is from w3schools.com

thanks for answering. 😁

$( "li a" ).click(function( event ) { $('#host_panel').empty(); $('a').removeClass() $('a').addClass('nav_anchor'); $(this).addClass('changed_anch') }); I did it in this way.