jQuery UI Highlight Effect

Last Updated : 25 Jan, 2021

In this article, we are going to show the effect of highlight using jQueryUI, all the content will highlight with a small blink light when the action button is clicked which actually triggers the highlight effect script.

Syntax :

$( ".selector" ).effect( 
        selectedEffect, options, time(in ms), callback 
);

Parameters:

selectedEffect: Effect selected given in jQueryUI.
options: Added for certain functionality (optional)
time: time to complete the effect in microseconds.
callback: Added for certain functionality (optional)

Return value: It will not return anything.

Scripts added : Please download the library for including pre-compiled files or use the path for the given script below.

<link rel=”stylesheet” href=”//code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/themes/base/jquery-ui.css”>

<script src=”https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.12.4.js”></script>

<script src=”https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/jquery-ui.js”></script>

Example: In this example, we are going to show a highlight effect using jQueryUI. We will trigger the script using a button.

HTML

<!doctype html> 
<html lang="en"> 
    <head> 
        <meta charset="utf-8"> 
        <meta name="viewport" 
              content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> 
          
        <link rel="stylesheet" 
              href="//code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/themes/base/jquery-ui.css"> 
        <script 
                src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.12.4.js"> 
        </script> 
        <script 
                src="https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/jquery-ui.js"> 
       </script> 
        <script> 
            $( function() { 
                function action(selectedEffect) { 
                    $( "#effect" ).effect( selectedEffect, 1200); 
                }; 
                $( "#button" ).on( "click", function() { 
                    action("highlight"); 
                    return false; 
                }); 
            } ); 
        </script> 
        <style> 
            .animation 
           { 
             width: 500px; 
             height: 500px; 
             position: absolute; } 
            #button 
            {  
              padding: .5em 1em;  
              text-decoration: none;  
              position: absolute; 
            } 
            #effect 
            {  
              width: 250px;  
              height: 190px; 
              padding: 15px;  
              position: relative; 
            } 
        </style> 
    </head> 
    <body> 
        <h3>Geeks for Geeks Highlight Effect Using jQuery UI</h3> 
        <div class="animation"> 
            <div id="effect" class="ui-widget-content ui-corner-all"> 
                <h3 class="ui-widget-header ui-corner-all"
                    style="margin: 0; padding: 0.4em;  
                           height: 170px; text-align: center; 
                           background-color: green;"> 
                  Geeks For Geeks</h3> 
            </div> 
        </div> 
        <span style="margin-left: 6em;"> 
          <button id="button" class="ui-state-default ui-corner-all"
                  style="margin-top: 18em;">Action</button> 
        </span> 
    </body> 
</html>