jQuery Effect - Highlight Effect

Description

The Highlight effect can be used with effect() method. This highlights the element's background with a specific color, default is yellow.

Syntax

Here is the simple syntax to use this effect −

selector.effect( "highlight", {arguments}, speed );

Parameters

Here is the description of all the arguments −

color − Highlight color. Default is "#ffff99".
mode − The mode of the effect. Can be "show", "hide". Default is "show".

Example

Following is a simple example a simple showing the usage of this effect −

Live Demo

<html>
   <head>
      <title>The jQuery Example</title>
      <script type = "text/javascript" 
         src = "https://www.tutorialspoint.com/jquery/jquery-3.6.0.js">
      </script>
		
      <script type = "text/javascript" 
         src = "https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.11.3/jquery-ui.min.js">
      </script>
		
      <script type = "text/javascript" language = "javascript">
   
         $(document).ready(function() {

            $("#button").click(function(){
               $(".target").effect( "highlight", {color:"#669966"}, 3000 );
            });
         });
			
      </script>
		
      <style>
         p {background-color:#bca; width:200px; border:1px solid green;}
         div{ width:100px; height:100px; background:red;}
      </style>
   </head>
	
   <body>
      <p>Click the button</p>
      <button id = "button"> Highlight </button>

      <div class = "target">
      </div>
   </body>
</html>

This will produce following result −

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