title: How do I change the html element <li>'s color with a click via jQuery?
body: <p>How to change the background color of UL 'li' on click?</p>
  
  <p>EDIT
  i can change li "a" but what about the entire <strong>li</strong></p>
  
  <p>this works:</p>
  
  <pre><code> $(".clickableUL").click(function() {
             $(this).find("li a").addClass("active");
  
         });
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>but find("li") does nothing. I want the LI highlighted not just the text of the link.</p>