jquery_ref_effects

jQuery Effect Methods Reference

Built-in Animation Effects

jQuery provides a range of methods for creating visual effects and animations on HTML elements. Note that for many common animations, CSS transitions and animations can offer better performance and hardware acceleration.

Method	Description
`.hide()`	Hides the selected elements. Can accept duration and a callback.
`.show()`	Shows the selected elements. Can accept duration and a callback.
`.toggle()`	Toggles the visibility (show/hide) of selected elements. Can accept duration and a callback.
`.fadeIn()`	Fades in the selected elements (adjusts opacity from 0 to 1). Can accept duration and a callback.
`.fadeOut()`	Fades out the selected elements (adjusts opacity from 1 to 0). Can accept duration and a callback.
`.fadeToggle()`	Toggles between fading in and fading out. Can accept duration and a callback.
`.fadeTo()`	Adjusts the opacity of selected elements to a specific value. Requires duration and opacity value, can accept a callback.
`.slideDown()`	Slides down (reveals) the selected elements by animating height. Can accept duration and a callback.
`.slideUp()`	Slides up (hides) the selected elements by animating height. Can accept duration and a callback.
`.slideToggle()`	Toggles between sliding down and sliding up. Can accept duration and a callback.
`.animate()`	Performs a custom animation of a set of CSS properties. Requires properties object, can accept duration, easing, and a callback.
`.stop()`	Stops the currently running animation on the selected elements. Optional arguments control clearing the queue and completing the current animation.
`.delay()`	Sets a delay (in milliseconds) before the next item in the animation queue is executed.
`.finish()`	Stops the current animation, removes all queued animations, and completes all animations for the selected elements.
`.queue()`	Shows or manipulates the queue of functions to be executed on the selected elements.
`.dequeue()`	Executes the next function on the queue for the selected elements.
`.clearQueue()`	Removes all items from the queue that have not yet been run.