How do I add a class to a given element?

Question

I have an element that already has a class:

Answer 1

I too think that the fastest way is to use Element.prototype.classList as in es5: document.querySelector(".my.super-class").classList.add('new-class') but in ie8 there is no such thing as Element.prototype.classList, anyway you can polyfill it with this snippet (fell free to edit and improve it):

if(Element.prototype.classList === void 0){
	function DOMTokenList(classes, self){
		typeof classes == "string" && (classes = classes.split(' '))
		while(this.length){
			Array.prototype.pop.apply(this);
		}
		Array.prototype.push.apply(this, classes);
		this.__self__ = this.__self__ || self
	}

	DOMTokenList.prototype.item = function (index){
		return this[index];
	}

	DOMTokenList.prototype.contains = function (myClass){
		for(var i = this.length - 1; i >= 0 ; i--){
			if(this[i] === myClass){
				return true;
			}
		}
		return false
	}

	DOMTokenList.prototype.add = function (newClass){
		if(this.contains(newClass)){
			return;
		}
		this.__self__.className += (this.__self__.className?" ":"")+newClass;
		DOMTokenList.call(this, this.__self__.className)
	}

	DOMTokenList.prototype.remove = function (oldClass){
		if(!this.contains(newClass)){
			return;
		}
		this[this.indexOf(oldClass)] = undefined
		this.__self__.className = this.join(' ').replace(/  +/, ' ')
		DOMTokenList.call(this, this.__self__.className)
	}

	DOMTokenList.prototype.toggle = function (aClass){
		this[this.contains(aClass)? 'remove' : 'add'](aClass)
		return this.contains(aClass);
	}

	DOMTokenList.prototype.replace = function (oldClass, newClass){
		this.contains(oldClass) && this.remove(oldClass) && this.add(newClass)
	}

	Object.defineProperty(Element.prototype, 'classList', {
		get: function() {
			return new DOMTokenList( this.className, this );
		},
		enumerable: false
	})
}