The Shake effect can be used with effect() method. This shakes the element multiple times, vertically or horizontally.
Here is the simple syntax to use this effect −
selector.effect( "shake", {arguments}, speed );
Here is the description of all the arguments −
times − Times to shake. Default is 3.
distance − Distance to shake. Default is 20.
direction − The direction of the effect. Can be "up", "down", "left", "right". Default is "left"
Following is a simple example a simple showing the usage of this effect −
<html> <head> <title>The jQuery Example</title> <script type = "text/javascript" src = "https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.3/jquery.min.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( "shake", {times:4}, 1000 ); }); }); </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"> Shake </button> <div class = "target"> </div> </body> </html>
This will produce following result −