How do I change this javascript code to jquery

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<div id="JS1" class="JS">
			<input type="text" id="color1" class="colorText" size='8'>
		</div>


document.getElementById("color1").addEventListener("click",
			function() {
				document.getElementById("JS1").style.backgroundColor = 
					document.getElementById("color1").value;
			});

What I have tried:

$('#color1').on('click',function(){
			$('#JS1').style.backgroundColor = $('#color1').value;
				});

Posted 6-Dec-21 9:41am

Michael Goggins

Updated 6-Dec-21 22:33pm

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Chris Copeland · Answer 1 · 2021-12-06T22:33:00

In this particular instance:

JavaScript

$('#color1').on('click', function () {
	$('#JS1').css('background-color', $('#color1').val());
});

The css() method is used to apply a style property to the element, and the val() method can be used against form input elements to retrieve the value entered.

These are very basic jQuery functions, I recommend getting acquainted with the jQuery API Documentation[^] which should provide you with all of the information you need.