Add custom CSS class to Genesis featured posts

[canpress5]

I would like to add a custom class to the output of the Genesis featured posts widget.
The default output is:
<section id="featured-post-1" class="widget featured-content featuredpost">

I would like to add a new custom class as follows:
<section id="featured-post-1" class="widget featured-content featuredpost mynewclass">

I'm using the Infinity Pro theme, but I imagine the solution will work for all themes.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Thanks in advance.

[canpress5]

Further to the above post, in the genesis core file genesis>lib>widgets>featured-post-widget.php I have found where the default classes are assigned around line 64:

$widget_ops = array(
			'classname'   => 'featured-content featuredpost',
			'description' => __( 'Displays featured posts with thumbnails', 'genesis' ),
		);

I could add my new class there however it is not recommended to edit core files and I am unsure how to filter this in my child theme's functions.php?

[Andrea Rennick]

The widget already has a custom class of featuredpost that only applies to the featured posts widget and nothing else.

What are you trying to do that can't use the existing custom class?

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[canpress5]

Andrea, thank you for your input.

What are you trying to do that can't use the existing custom class?

I want to use the existing fadeup-effect class from Infinity Pro which references the front-page.js file, so to use the existing featuredpost class I would also need to edit the .js file, which is not as straightforward as simply adding styles to the featuredpost class. I was hoping that adding the fadeup-effect class to the featured post would be an easier option.

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