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Element.has\ClassName Returns true if element has a class name corresponding to className and false otherwise.

Availability

script.aculo.us V1.5_rc5
Prototype V1.4.0_rc3

Syntax

  Element.hasClassName(element, className);

Examples

<a href="#" onclick="alert(Element.hasClassName('test', 'fantastic')); return false;">
does the below paragraph's class correspond to "fantastic"?</a>

<p id="test" class="fantastic">This is the best paragraph ever written!</p>

creates:

This is the best paragraph ever written!

<a href="#" onclick="alert(Element.hasClassName('test2', 'fantastic')); return false;">
does the below paragraph's class correspond to "fantastic"?</a>

<p id="test2" class="gross">This is a truly horrible piece of writting!</p>

creates:

This is a truly horrible piece of writting!