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How to select tr element of the page and change their background color?

How to select tr element of the page and change their background color?, someone asked me to explain?

In this article we will discuss to select all td elements using tag name jQuery Element Selector.  We are changing their background color of table row by selects the tr elements on the page.

<script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
       $(document).ready(function () {
            $('tr').css('background-Color', 'yellow');
        });
    </script>
<body>
    <div>
       <table>
                <thead>
                   <tr>
                       <th>ID
                       </th>
                       <th>City
                       </th>
                       <th>Country
                       </th>
                       <th>Continent
                       </th>
                   </tr>
                </thead>
                <tbody>
                   <tr>
                       <td>1</td>
                       <td>Montería</td>
                       <td>Colombia</td>
                       <td>South America</td>
                   </tr>
                   <tr>
                       <td>2</td>
                       <td>Birmingham</td>
                       <td>United Kingdom</td>
                       <td>Europe</td>
                   </tr>
                  <tr>
                       <td>3</td>
                       <td>Bangalore</td>
                       <td>India</td>
                       <td>Asia</td>
                   </tr>
                   <tr>
                       <td>4</td>
                       <td>Tokyo</td>
                       <td>Japan</td>
                       <td>Asia</td>
                   </tr>
                   <tr>
                       <td>5</td>
                       <td>Kuala Lumpur</td>
                       <td>Malaysia</td>
                       <td>Asia</td>
                   </tr>
                   <tr>
                       <td>6</td>
                        <td>Rio de Janeiro</td>
                       <td>Brazil</td>
                       <td>South America</td>
                   </tr>
                   <tr>
                       <td>7</td>
                       <td>Ipoh</td>
                       <td>Malaysia</td>
                       <td>Asia</td>
                   </tr>
                   <tr>
                       <td>8</td>
                       <td>Tawau</td>
                       <td>Malaysia</td>
                       <td>Asia</td>
                   </tr>
                   <tr>
                       <td>9</td>
                       <td>Hiroshima</td>
                       <td>Japan</td>
                       <td>Asia</td>
                    </tr>                
                </tbody>
            </table>
    </div>
</body>
</html>

Output:

select all td elements using tag name jQuery Element Selector

Below example show how to apply changes to the background color of rows of the table alternately.

<script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
       $(document).ready(function () {
            $('tr:even').css('background-Color', '#2CB387');
            $('tr:odd').css('background-Color', '#E91E63');
        });
    </script>
<body>
    <div>
       <table>
                <thead>
                   <tr>
                       <th>ID
                       </th>
                       <th>City
                        </th>
                       <th>Country
                       </th>
                      <th>Continent
                       </th>
                   </tr>
                </thead>
                <tbody>
                   <tr>
                       <td>1</td>
                       <td>Montería</td>
                       <td>Colombia</td>
                       <td>South America</td>
                   </tr>
                   <tr>
                       <td>2</td>
                       <td>Birmingham</td>
                       <td>United Kingdom</td>
                       <td>Europe</td>
                   </tr>
                   <tr>
                       <td>3</td>
                       <td>Bangalore</td>
                       <td>India</td>
                       <td>Asia</td>
                   </tr>
                   <tr>
                       <td>4</td>
                       <td>Tokyo</td>
                       <td>Japan</td>
                       <td>Asia</td>
                   </tr>
                   <tr>
                       <td>5</td>
                       <td>Kuala Lumpur</td>
                       <td>Malaysia</td>
                       <td>Asia</td>
                    </tr>
                   <tr>
                       <td>6</td>
                       <td>Rio de Janeiro</td>
                       <td>Brazil</td>
                       <td>South America</td>
                   </tr>
                   <tr>
                       <td>7</td>
                       <td>Ipoh</td>
                       <td>Malaysia</td>
                       <td>Asia</td>
                   </tr>
                   <tr>
                       <td>8</td>
                       <td>Tawau</td>
                       <td>Malaysia</td>
                       <td>Asia</td>
                   </tr>
                   <tr>
                       <td>9</td>
                       <td>Hiroshima</td>
                       <td>Japan</td>
                       <td>Asia</td>
                   </tr>
                 
                </tbody>
            </table>
    </div>
</body> 

Output:

changes to the background color of rows of the table alternately

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