<ul class="UIAPIPlugin-toc">
<li><a href="#overview">Overview</a></li>
<li><a href="#options">Arguments</a></li>
</ul>
<div class="UIAPIPlugin">
<h1>jQuery UI effect</h1>
<div id="overview">
<h2 class="top-header">Overview</h2>
<div id="overview-main">
<div class="editsection" style="float:right;margin-left:5px;">[<a href="http://docs.jquery.com/action/edit/UI/Effects/effect?section=1" title="Edit section: effect( effect, [options], [speed], [callback] )">edit</a>]</div><a name="effect.28_effect.2C_.5Boptions.5D.2C_.5Bspeed.5D.2C_.5Bcallback.5D_.29"></a><h3>effect( effect, <span class="optional">[</span>options<span class="optional">]</span>, <span class="optional">[</span>speed<span class="optional">]</span>, <span class="optional">[</span>callback<span class="optional">]</span> )</h3>
<p>Uses a specific effect on an element (without the show/hide logic).</p>
</div>
<div id="overview-dependencies">
<h3>Dependencies</h3>
<ul>
<li>Effects Core</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div id="overview-example">
<h3>Example</h3>
<div id="overview-example" class="example">
<ul><li><a href="#demo"><span>Demo</span></a></li><li><a href="#source"><span>View Source</span></a></li></ul>
<p><div id="demo" class="tabs-container" rel="170">
Apply the effect explode if you click on the element.<br />
</p>
<pre>$("p").<a href="http://docs.jquery.com/Events/click" title="Events/click">click</a>(function () {
$("div").<strong class="selflink">effect</strong>("explode");
});
</pre>
<p></div><div id="source" class="tabs-container">
</p>
<pre><!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<link href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8/themes/base/jquery-ui.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.5/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://ui.jquery.com/latest/ui/effects.core.js"></script>
<script src="http://ui.jquery.com/latest/ui/effects.explode.js"></script>
<style type="text/css">
div { margin: 0 auto; width: 100px; height: 80px; background: blue; position: relative; }
</style>
<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
$("p").<a href="http://docs.jquery.com/Events/click" title="Events/click">click</a>(function () {
$("div").<strong class="selflink">effect</strong>("explode");
});
});
</script>
</head>
<body style="font-size:62.5%;">
<p>Click me</p><div></div>
</body>
</html>
</pre>
<p></div>
</p><p></div>
</div>
</div>
<div id="options">
<h2 class="top-header">Arguments</h2>
<ul class="options-list">
<li class="option" id="option-effect">
<div class="option-header">
<h3 class="option-name"><a href="#option-effect">effect</a></h3>
<dl>
<dt class="option-type-label">Type:</dt>
<dd class="option-type">String</dd>
</dl>
</div>
<div class="option-description">
<p>The effect to be used. Possible values: 'blind', 'bounce', 'clip', 'drop', 'explode', 'fold', 'highlight', 'puff', 'pulsate', 'scale', 'shake', 'size', 'slide', 'transfer'.</p>
</div>
</li>
<li class="option" id="option-options">
<div class="option-header">
<h3 class="option-name"><a href="#option-options">options</a></h3>
<dl>
<dt class="option-type-label">Type:</dt>
<dd class="option-type">Hash</dd>
<dt class="option-optional-label">Optional</dt>
</dl>
</div>
<div class="option-description">
<p>A object/hash including specific options for the effect.</p>
</div>
</li>
<li class="option" id="option-speed">
<div class="option-header">
<h3 class="option-name"><a href="#option-speed">speed</a></h3>
<dl>
<dt class="option-type-label">Type:</dt>
<dd class="option-type">String, Number</dd>
<dt class="option-optional-label">Optional</dt>
</dl>
</div>
<div class="option-description">
<p>A string representing one of the three predefined speeds ("slow", "normal", or "fast") or the number of milliseconds to run the animation (e.g. 1000).</p>
</div>
</li>
<li class="option" id="option-callback">
<div class="option-header">
<h3 class="option-name"><a href="#option-callback">callback</a></h3>
<dl>
<dt class="option-type-label">Type:</dt>
<dd class="option-type">Function</dd>
<dt class="option-optional-label">Optional</dt>
</dl>
</div>
<div class="option-description">
<p>A function that is called after the effect is completed.</p>
</div>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
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