Effect methods

These effect methods may be used to perform animations on DOM elements. The effect methods are discussed in detail in Chapter 4, Styling and Animating.

Predefined effects

Effect method	Description
.show()	Displays the matched elements.
.hide()	Hides the matched elements.
.show(speed, [callback])	Displays the matched elements by animating height, width, and opacity.
.hide(speed, [callback])	Hides the matched elements by animating height, width, and opacity.
.toggle([speed], [callback])	Displays or hides the matched elements.
.slideDown([speed], [callback])	Displays the matched elements with a sliding motion.
.slideUp([speed], [callback])	Hides the matched elements with a sliding motion.
.slideToggle([speed], [callback])	Displays or hides the matched elements with a sliding motion.
.fadeIn([speed], [callback])	Displays the matched elements by fading them to opaque.
.fadeOut([speed], [callback])	Hides the matched elements by fading them to transparent.
.fadeToggle([speed], [callback])	Displays or hides the matched elements with a fading animation.
.fadeTo(speed, opacity, [callback])	Adjusts the opacity of the matched elements.

Custom animations

Effect method	Description
.animate(properties, [speed], [easing], [callback])	Performs a custom animation of the specifiedCSS properties.
.animate(properties, options)	A lower-level interface to .animate(), allowing control over the animation queue.

Queue manipulation

Effect method	Description
.queue([queueName])	Retrieves the queue of functions on the first matched element.
.queue([queueName], callback)	Adds callback to the end of the queue.
.queue([queueName], newQueue)	Replaces the queue with a new one.
.dequeue([queueName])	Executes the next function on the queue.
.clearQueue([queueName])	Empties the queue of all pending functions.
.stop([clearQueue], [jumpToEnd])	Stops the currently running animation, then starts queued animations, if any.
.finish([queueName])	Stops the currently running animation and immediately advances all queued animations to their target values.
.delay(duration, [queueName])	Waits duration milliseconds before executing the next item in the queue.
.promise([queueName], [target])	Returns a promise object to be resolved once all queued actions on the collection have finished.