jQuery Effect - Shake Effect

Description

The Shake effect can be used with effect() method. This shakes the element multiple times, vertically or horizontally.

Syntax

Here is the simple syntax to use this effect −

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

Parameters

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"

Example

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 −

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