Effect methods

These effect methods may be used to perform animations on DOM elements. Effect methods are discussed in detail in Chapter 4.

Predefined effects

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

Custom animations

Effect Method	Description
.animate(attributes, [speed], [easing], [callback])	Perform a custom animation of the specified CSS attributes
.animate(attributes, options)	A lower-level interface to .animate(), allowing control over the animation queue

Queue manipulation

Effect Method	Description
.queue([queueName])	Retrieve the queue of functions on the first matched element
.queue([queueName], callback)	Add callback to the end of the queue
.queue([queueName], newQueue)	Replace the queue with a new one
.dequeue([queueName])	Execute the next function on the queue
.clearQueue([queueName])	Empty the queue of all pending functions
.stop([clearQueue], [jumpToEnd])	Stop the currently running animation, then start queued animations, if any
.delay(duration, [queueName])	Wait duration milliseconds before executing the next item in the queue
.promise([queueName], [target])	Return a promise object to be resolved once all queued actions on the collection have finished