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How do I direct JavaScript to a function on a satisfied IF statement? Trying to fix an Alert loop after progress bar completion

This is a very basic question, and for some reason I am having a hard time wrapping my brain around it. I am new and learning so bear with me please.
Here is a progress bar: https://codepen.io/cmpackagingllc/pen/ZNExoa
When the bar has loaded completely it adds the class completed as seen on js line 41.
progress.bar.classList.add('completed');
So say once completed I want to add an Alert that say's "completed". I assume this would be an easy task but because of the way the code is written with the loop seen on line 46/47
loop();
}, randomInterval);
I am unable to incorporate the Alert properly without an alert loop even when I used return false to stop the loop afterwards.
So the route I am trying to take now is to add the alert prompt to the success function found on line 21-25
function success() {
progress.width = progress.bar.offsetWidth;
progress.bar.classList.add('completed');
clearInterval(setInt);
alert("Completed!");
}
But now I am stuck trying to format it correctly so when the if is called on line 36
if (progress.width >= progress.bar.offsetWidth) {
When the if is called on line 36 I want to to jump to the success function instead. No matter how I try it the code fails to execute. How would I format this correctly so it jumps to my function instead of looping after completed?
I would greatly appreciate some assistance with this. I am trying to understand if there is a better way to add the alert. Thank you much.

I read your code with special attention because recently I have been working with some loading bars (but not animated ones).
The problem is that you are using setTimeout() and not setInterval(), so calling clearInterval() has no effect at all. And you really don't need setInterval() because you're already making recursive calls (looping by calling the same function from its body).
I've took the liberty of rewriting your code for you to analyse it. Please let me know if you have any doubts.
NOTE: It's easier in this case to use relative units for the width! So you don't have to calculate "allowance".
let progress = {
fill: document.querySelector(".progress-bar .filler"),
bar: document.querySelector(".progress-bar"),
width: 0
};
(function loop() {
setTimeout(function () {
progress.width += Math.floor(Math.random() * 50);
if (progress.width >= 100) {
progress.fill.style.width = '100%';
progress.bar.classList.add('completed');
setTimeout(function () {
alert('COMPLETED!');
}, 500);
} else {
progress.fill.style.width = `${progress.width}%`;
loop();
}
}, Math.round(Math.random() * (1400 - 500)) + 500);
})();

Like a comment said, there are several timers in your code. Also, success was never executed. Here you have a version that works.
If you are learning, try to make your code as simple as possible, use pseudocode to see in wich step there is an error and try debugging from there.
var progress = {
fill: document.querySelector(".progress-bar .filler"),
bar: document.querySelector(".progress-bar"),
width: 0 };
function setSize() {
var allowance = progress.bar.offsetWidth - progress.width;
var increment = Math.floor(Math.random() * 50 + 1);
progress.width += increment > allowance ? allowance : increment;
progress.fill.style.width = String(progress.width + "px");
}
function success() {
progress.width = progress.bar.offsetWidth;
progress.bar.classList.add('completed');
alert("Completed!");
}
(function loop() {
var randomInterval = Math.round(Math.random() * (1400 - 500)) + 500;
var setInt = setTimeout(function () {
setSize();
if (progress.width >= progress.bar.offsetWidth) {
success();
} else {
loop();
}
}, randomInterval);
})();
.progress-bar {
height: 10px;
width: 350px;
border-radius: 5px;
overflow: hidden;
background-color: #D2DCE5;
}
.progress-bar.completed .filler {
background: #0BD175;
}
.progress-bar.completed .filler:before {
opacity: 0;
}
.progress-bar .filler {
display: block;
height: 10px;
width: 0;
background: #00AEEF;
overflow: hidden;
transition: all 0.5s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.8, 0.25, 1);
}
.progress-bar .filler:before {
content: '';
display: block;
background: repeating-linear-gradient(-45deg, #00AEEF, #00AEEF 10px, #23c3ff 10px, #23c3ff 20px);
height: 10px;
width: 700px;
border-radius: 5px;
animation: fill 10s linear infinite;
}
#keyframes fill {
from {
transform: translatex(-350px);
}
to {
transform: translatex(20px);
}
}
<div class="progress-bar">
<span class="filler"></span>
</div>

No user interaction for scrollToElement

I am looking to create a webpage that scrolls on a continuous loop from one element to the next without any user interaction. I have searched and it looks like scrollToElement is what I'm looking for (in fact the fiddle from this answer on another post is similar but does have user interaction). Unfortunately everything seems to be done by click or doesn't loop. I'm fairly new to JS but I feel like it should be doable. Any help is appreciated.

How about creating a function that calls scrollToElement and then setting it as a CB function in the setInterval(). read more:MDN

Here's a quick example with jQuery using setInterval() and $.animate() to scroll to sections.
var $sections = $('section'),
count = 1,
speed = 250,
delay = 2000;
var interval = setInterval(function() {
$('html, body').animate({
scrollTop: $sections.eq(count).offset().top
}, speed);
count = (count + 1) % $sections.length;
}, delay)
section {
height: 200vh;
background: red;
}
section:nth-child(2) {
background: blue;
}
section:nth-child(3) {
background: green;
}
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<section></section>
<section></section>
<section></section>

Flashing text on value change [duplicate]

I'm brand new to jQuery and have some experience using Prototype. In Prototype, there is a method to "flash" an element — ie. briefly highlight it in another color and have it fade back to normal so that the user's eye is drawn to it. Is there such a method in jQuery? I see fadeIn, fadeOut, and animate, but I don't see anything like "flash". Perhaps one of these three can be used with appropriate inputs?

My way is .fadein, .fadeout .fadein, .fadeout ......
$("#someElement").fadeOut(100).fadeIn(100).fadeOut(100).fadeIn(100);
function go1() { $("#demo1").fadeOut(100).fadeIn(100).fadeOut(100).fadeIn(100)}
function go2() { $('#demo2').delay(100).fadeOut().fadeIn('slow') }
#demo1,
#demo2 {
text-align: center;
font-family: Helvetica;
background: IndianRed;
height: 50px;
line-height: 50px;
width: 150px;
}
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<button onclick="go1()">Click Me</button>
<div id='demo1'>My Element</div>
<br>
<button onclick="go2()">Click Me</button> (from comment)
<div id='demo2'>My Element</div>

You can use the jQuery Color plugin.
For example, to draw attention to all the divs on your page, you could use the following code:
$("div").stop().css("background-color", "#FFFF9C")
.animate({ backgroundColor: "#FFFFFF"}, 1500);
Edit - New and improved
The following uses the same technique as above, but it has the added benefits of:
parameterized highlight color and duration
retaining original background color, instead of assuming that it is white
being an extension of jQuery, so you can use it on any object
Extend the jQuery Object:
var notLocked = true;
$.fn.animateHighlight = function(highlightColor, duration) {
var highlightBg = highlightColor || "#FFFF9C";
var animateMs = duration || 1500;
var originalBg = this.css("backgroundColor");
if (notLocked) {
notLocked = false;
this.stop().css("background-color", highlightBg)
.animate({backgroundColor: originalBg}, animateMs);
setTimeout( function() { notLocked = true; }, animateMs);
}
};
Usage example:
$("div").animateHighlight("#dd0000", 1000);

You can use css3 animations to flash an element
.flash {
-moz-animation: flash 1s ease-out;
-moz-animation-iteration-count: 1;
-webkit-animation: flash 1s ease-out;
-webkit-animation-iteration-count: 1;
-ms-animation: flash 1s ease-out;
-ms-animation-iteration-count: 1;
}
#keyframes flash {
0% { background-color: transparent; }
50% { background-color: #fbf8b2; }
100% { background-color: transparent; }
}
#-webkit-keyframes flash {
0% { background-color: transparent; }
50% { background-color: #fbf8b2; }
100% { background-color: transparent; }
}
#-moz-keyframes flash {
0% { background-color: transparent; }
50% { background-color: #fbf8b2; }
100% { background-color: transparent; }
}
#-ms-keyframes flash {
0% { background-color: transparent; }
50% { background-color: #fbf8b2; }
100% { background-color: transparent; }
}
And you jQuery to add the class
jQuery(selector).addClass("flash");

After 5 years... (And no additional plugin needed)
This one "pulses" it to the color you want (e.g. white) by putting a div background color behind it, and then fading the object out and in again.
HTML object (e.g. button):
<div style="background: #fff;">
<input type="submit" class="element" value="Whatever" />
</div>
jQuery (vanilla, no other plugins):
$('.element').fadeTo(100, 0.3, function() { $(this).fadeTo(500, 1.0); });
element - class name
first number in fadeTo() - milliseconds for the transition
second number in fadeTo() - opacity of the object after fade/unfade
You may check this out in the lower right corner of this webpage: https://single.majlovesreg.one/v1/
Edit (willsteel) no duplicated selector by using $(this) and tweaked values to acutally perform a flash (as the OP requested).

You could use the highlight effect in jQuery UI to achieve the same, I guess.

If you're using jQueryUI, there is pulsate function in UI/Effects
$("div").click(function () {
$(this).effect("pulsate", { times:3 }, 2000);
});
http://docs.jquery.com/UI/Effects/Pulsate

$('#district').css({opacity: 0});
$('#district').animate({opacity: 1}, 700 );

Pure jQuery solution.
(no jquery-ui/animate/color needed.)
If all you want is that yellow "flash" effect without loading jquery color:
var flash = function(elements) {
var opacity = 100;
var color = "255, 255, 20" // has to be in this format since we use rgba
var interval = setInterval(function() {
opacity -= 3;
if (opacity <= 0) clearInterval(interval);
$(elements).css({background: "rgba("+color+", "+opacity/100+")"});
}, 30)
};
Above script simply does 1s yellow fadeout, perfect for letting the user know the element was was updated or something similar.
Usage:
flash($('#your-element'))

You could use this plugin (put it in a js file and use it via script-tag)
http://plugins.jquery.com/project/color
And then use something like this:
jQuery.fn.flash = function( color, duration )
{
var current = this.css( 'color' );
this.animate( { color: 'rgb(' + color + ')' }, duration / 2 );
this.animate( { color: current }, duration / 2 );
}
This adds a 'flash' method to all jQuery objects:
$( '#importantElement' ).flash( '255,0,0', 1000 );

You can extend Desheng Li's method further by allowing an iterations count to do multiple flashes like so:
// Extend jquery with flashing for elements
$.fn.flash = function(duration, iterations) {
duration = duration || 1000; // Default to 1 second
iterations = iterations || 1; // Default to 1 iteration
var iterationDuration = Math.floor(duration / iterations);
for (var i = 0; i < iterations; i++) {
this.fadeOut(iterationDuration).fadeIn(iterationDuration);
}
return this;
}
Then you can call the method with a time and number of flashes:
$("#someElementId").flash(1000, 4); // Flash 4 times over a period of 1 second

How about a really simple answer?
$('selector').fadeTo('fast',0).fadeTo('fast',1).fadeTo('fast',0).fadeTo('fast',1)
Blinks twice...that's all folks!

I can't believe this isn't on this question yet. All you gotta do:
("#someElement").show('highlight',{color: '#C8FB5E'},'fast');
This does exactly what you want it to do, is super easy, works for both show() and hide() methods.

This may be a more up-to-date answer, and is shorter, as things have been consolidated somewhat since this post. Requires jquery-ui-effect-highlight.
$("div").click(function () {
$(this).effect("highlight", {}, 3000);
});
http://docs.jquery.com/UI/Effects/Highlight

function pulse() {
$('.blink').fadeIn(300).fadeOut(500);
}
setInterval(pulse, 1000);

I was looking for a solution to this problem but without relying on jQuery UI.
This is what I came up with and it works for me (no plugins, just Javascript and jQuery);
-- Heres the working fiddle -- http://jsfiddle.net/CriddleCraddle/yYcaY/2/
Set the current CSS parameter in your CSS file as normal css, and create a new class that just handles the parameter to change i.e. background-color, and set it to '!important' to override the default behavior. like this...
.button_flash {
background-color: #8DABFF !important;
}//This is the color to change to.
Then just use the function below and pass in the DOM element as a string, an integer for the number of times you would want the flash to occur, the class you want to change to, and an integer for delay.
Note: If you pass in an even number for the 'times' variable, you will end up with the class you started with, and if you pass an odd number you will end up with the toggled class. Both are useful for different things. I use the 'i' to change the delay time, or they would all fire at the same time and the effect would be lost.
function flashIt(element, times, klass, delay){
for (var i=0; i < times; i++){
setTimeout(function(){
$(element).toggleClass(klass);
}, delay + (300 * i));
};
};
//Then run the following code with either another delay to delay the original start, or
// without another delay. I have provided both options below.
//without a start delay just call
flashIt('.info_status button', 10, 'button_flash', 500)
//with a start delay just call
setTimeout(function(){
flashIt('.info_status button', 10, 'button_flash', 500)
}, 4700);
// Just change the 4700 above to your liking for the start delay. In this case,
//I need about five seconds before the flash started.

Would a pulse effect(offline) JQuery plugin be appropriate for what you are looking for ?
You can add a duration for limiting the pulse effect in time.
As mentioned by J-P in the comments, there is now his updated pulse plugin.
See his GitHub repo. And here is a demo.

Found this many moons later but if anyone cares, it seems like this is a nice way to get something to flash permanently:
$( "#someDiv" ).hide();
setInterval(function(){
$( "#someDiv" ).fadeIn(1000).fadeOut(1000);
},0)

The following codes work for me. Define two fade-in and fade-out functions and put them in each other's callback.
var fIn = function() { $(this).fadeIn(300, fOut); };
var fOut = function() { $(this).fadeOut(300, fIn); };
$('#element').fadeOut(300, fIn);
The following controls the times of flashes:
var count = 3;
var fIn = function() { $(this).fadeIn(300, fOut); };
var fOut = function() { if (--count > 0) $(this).fadeOut(300, fIn); };
$('#element').fadeOut(300, fIn);

If including a library is overkill here is a solution that is guaranteed to work.
$('div').click(function() {
$(this).css('background-color','#FFFFCC');
setTimeout(function() { $(this).fadeOut('slow').fadeIn('slow'); } , 1000);
setTimeout(function() { $(this).css('background-color','#FFFFFF'); } , 1000);
});
Setup event trigger
Set the background color of block element
Inside setTimeout use fadeOut and fadeIn to create a little animation effect.
Inside second setTimeout reset default background color
Tested in a few browsers and it works nicely.

Like fadein / fadeout you could use animate css / delay
$(this).stop(true, true).animate({opacity: 0.1}, 100).delay(100).animate({opacity: 1}, 100).animate({opacity: 0.1}, 100).delay(100).animate({opacity: 1}, 100);
Simple and flexible

$("#someElement").fadeTo(3000, 0.3 ).fadeTo(3000, 1).fadeTo(3000, 0.3 ).fadeTo(3000, 1);
3000 is 3 seconds
From opacity 1 it is faded to 0.3, then to 1 and so on.
You can stack more of these.
Only jQuery is needed. :)

There is a workaround for the animate background bug. This gist includes an example of a simple highlight method and its use.
/* BEGIN jquery color */
(function(jQuery){jQuery.each(['backgroundColor','borderBottomColor','borderLeftColor','borderRightColor','borderTopColor','color','outlineColor'],function(i,attr){jQuery.fx.step[attr]=function(fx){if(!fx.colorInit){fx.start=getColor(fx.elem,attr);fx.end=getRGB(fx.end);fx.colorInit=true;}
fx.elem.style[attr]="rgb("+[Math.max(Math.min(parseInt((fx.pos*(fx.end[0]-fx.start[0]))+fx.start[0]),255),0),Math.max(Math.min(parseInt((fx.pos*(fx.end[1]-fx.start[1]))+fx.start[1]),255),0),Math.max(Math.min(parseInt((fx.pos*(fx.end[2]-fx.start[2]))+fx.start[2]),255),0)].join(",")+")";}});function getRGB(color){var result;if(color&&color.constructor==Array&&color.length==3)
return color;if(result=/rgb\(\s*([0-9]{1,3})\s*,\s*([0-9]{1,3})\s*,\s*([0-9]{1,3})\s*\)/.exec(color))
return[parseInt(result[1]),parseInt(result[2]),parseInt(result[3])];if(result=/rgb\(\s*([0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?)\%\s*,\s*([0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?)\%\s*,\s*([0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?)\%\s*\)/.exec(color))
return[parseFloat(result[1])*2.55,parseFloat(result[2])*2.55,parseFloat(result[3])*2.55];if(result=/#([a-fA-F0-9]{2})([a-fA-F0-9]{2})([a-fA-F0-9]{2})/.exec(color))
return[parseInt(result[1],16),parseInt(result[2],16),parseInt(result[3],16)];if(result=/#([a-fA-F0-9])([a-fA-F0-9])([a-fA-F0-9])/.exec(color))
return[parseInt(result[1]+result[1],16),parseInt(result[2]+result[2],16),parseInt(result[3]+result[3],16)];if(result=/rgba\(0, 0, 0, 0\)/.exec(color))
return colors['transparent'];return colors[jQuery.trim(color).toLowerCase()];}
function getColor(elem,attr){var color;do{color=jQuery.curCSS(elem,attr);if(color!=''&&color!='transparent'||jQuery.nodeName(elem,"body"))
break;attr="backgroundColor";}while(elem=elem.parentNode);return getRGB(color);};var colors={aqua:[0,255,255],azure:[240,255,255],beige:[245,245,220],black:[0,0,0],blue:[0,0,255],brown:[165,42,42],cyan:[0,255,255],darkblue:[0,0,139],darkcyan:[0,139,139],darkgrey:[169,169,169],darkgreen:[0,100,0],darkkhaki:[189,183,107],darkmagenta:[139,0,139],darkolivegreen:[85,107,47],darkorange:[255,140,0],darkorchid:[153,50,204],darkred:[139,0,0],darksalmon:[233,150,122],darkviolet:[148,0,211],fuchsia:[255,0,255],gold:[255,215,0],green:[0,128,0],indigo:[75,0,130],khaki:[240,230,140],lightblue:[173,216,230],lightcyan:[224,255,255],lightgreen:[144,238,144],lightgrey:[211,211,211],lightpink:[255,182,193],lightyellow:[255,255,224],lime:[0,255,0],magenta:[255,0,255],maroon:[128,0,0],navy:[0,0,128],olive:[128,128,0],orange:[255,165,0],pink:[255,192,203],purple:[128,0,128],violet:[128,0,128],red:[255,0,0],silver:[192,192,192],white:[255,255,255],yellow:[255,255,0],transparent:[255,255,255]};})(jQuery);
/* END jquery color */
/* BEGIN highlight */
jQuery(function() {
$.fn.highlight = function(options) {
options = (options) ? options : {start_color:"#ff0",end_color:"#fff",delay:1500};
$(this).each(function() {
$(this).stop().css({"background-color":options.start_color}).animate({"background-color":options.end_color},options.delay);
});
}
});
/* END highlight */
/* BEGIN highlight example */
$(".some-elements").highlight();
/* END highlight example */
https://gist.github.com/1068231

Unfortunately the top answer requires JQuery UI. http://api.jquery.com/animate/
Here is a vanilla JQuery solution
http://jsfiddle.net/EfKBg/
JS
var flash = "<div class='flash'></div>";
$(".hello").prepend(flash);
$('.flash').show().fadeOut('slow');
CSS
.flash {
background-color: yellow;
display: none;
position: absolute;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
}
HTML
<div class="hello">Hello World!</div>

Here's a slightly improved version of colbeerhey's solution. I added a return statement so that, in true jQuery form, we chain events after calling the animation. I've also added the arguments to clear the queue and jump to the end of an animation.
// Adds a highlight effect
$.fn.animateHighlight = function(highlightColor, duration) {
var highlightBg = highlightColor || "#FFFF9C";
var animateMs = duration || 1500;
this.stop(true,true);
var originalBg = this.css("backgroundColor");
return this.css("background-color", highlightBg).animate({backgroundColor: originalBg}, animateMs);
};

This one will pulsate an element's background color until a mouseover event is triggered
$.fn.pulseNotify = function(color, duration) {
var This = $(this);
console.log(This);
var pulseColor = color || "#337";
var pulseTime = duration || 3000;
var origBg = This.css("background-color");
var stop = false;
This.bind('mouseover.flashPulse', function() {
stop = true;
This.stop();
This.unbind('mouseover.flashPulse');
This.css('background-color', origBg);
})
function loop() {
console.log(This);
if( !stop ) {
This.animate({backgroundColor: pulseColor}, pulseTime/3, function(){
This.animate({backgroundColor: origBg}, (pulseTime/3)*2, 'easeInCirc', loop);
});
}
}
loop();
return This;
}

Put this together from all of the above - an easy solution for flashing an element and return to the original bgcolour...
$.fn.flash = function (highlightColor, duration, iterations) {
var highlightBg = highlightColor || "#FFFF9C";
var animateMs = duration || 1500;
var originalBg = this.css('backgroundColor');
var flashString = 'this';
for (var i = 0; i < iterations; i++) {
flashString = flashString + '.animate({ backgroundColor: highlightBg }, animateMs).animate({ backgroundColor: originalBg }, animateMs)';
}
eval(flashString);
}
Use like this:
$('<some element>').flash('#ffffc0', 1000, 3);
Hope this helps!

Here's a solution that uses a mix of jQuery and CSS3 animations.
http://jsfiddle.net/padfv0u9/2/
Essentially you start by changing the color to your "flash" color, and then use a CSS3 animation to let the color fade out. You need to change the transition duration in order for the initial "flash" to be faster than the fade.
$(element).removeClass("transition-duration-medium");
$(element).addClass("transition-duration-instant");
$(element).addClass("ko-flash");
setTimeout(function () {
$(element).removeClass("transition-duration-instant");
$(element).addClass("transition-duration-medium");
$(element).removeClass("ko-flash");
}, 500);
Where the CSS classes are as follows.
.ko-flash {
background-color: yellow;
}
.transition-duration-instant {
-webkit-transition-duration: 0s;
-moz-transition-duration: 0s;
-o-transition-duration: 0s;
transition-duration: 0s;
}
.transition-duration-medium {
-webkit-transition-duration: 1s;
-moz-transition-duration: 1s;
-o-transition-duration: 1s;
transition-duration: 1s;
}

just give elem.fadeOut(10).fadeIn(10);

This is generic enough that you can write whatever code you like to animate. You can even decrease the delay from 300ms to 33ms and fade colors, etc.
// Flash linked to hash.
var hash = location.hash.substr(1);
if (hash) {
hash = $("#" + hash);
var color = hash.css("color"), count = 1;
function hashFade () {
if (++count < 7) setTimeout(hashFade, 300);
hash.css("color", count % 2 ? color : "red");
}
hashFade();
}

you can use jquery Pulsate plugin to force to focus the attention on any html element with control over speed and repeatation and color.
JQuery.pulsate() * with Demos
sample initializer:
$(".pulse4").pulsate({speed:2500})
$(".CommandBox button:visible").pulsate({ color: "#f00", speed: 200, reach: 85, repeat: 15 })

Jquery pulsate from different colors [duplicate]

This question already has an answer here:
Jquery pulsate changing color or image
(1 answer)
Closed 9 years ago.
I want to pulsate from white to another color but i'm not sure how to add color to this code
<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
$("#white36").click(function () {
$('#book').effect("pulsate", { times:3000 }, 500);
});
});
</script>

You are going to need this plugin to animate colors with jquery (its not there be default):
http://www.bitstorm.org/jquery/color-animation/
then you can do something like:
var pulsateInterval = null, i = 0;
$(document).ready(function() {
$('#white36').click(function() {
// set interval to pulsate every 1500ms
pulsateInterval = setInterval(function(){
// animate back and forth
$('#book').animate({
background-color: 'red',
}, 500).animate({
background-color: 'white',
}, 500);
i++;
// stop at 3000 pulsations
if(i == 3000){
clearInterval(pulsateInterval);
}
}, 1500);
});
});

Pulsate only changes de opacity of an element, not the color. You can put an element with white background below your element to get what you want.
Like:
<div style="background:#ffffff;"><div id="my_elem" style="#006600"></div></div>

you could recreate the pulsing effect you want using animate in this way:
$(document).ready(function() {
$('#white36').click(function() {
$('#book').animate({
background-color: 'red',
}, 300).animate({
background-color: 'white',
}, 300).animate({
background-color: 'red',
}, 300);
});
});

for some ideas:
$(document).ready(function() {
$("#white36").click(function () {
$("#book").animate({
width: "50%",
opacity: 0.3,
fontSize: "3em",
borderWidth: "10px",
color: "black",
backgroundColor: "green"
}, 1500 );
});
});
edit: just tried to run the above code and it didn't work when background-color was specified. If i ran it without that param it worked fine though. Guess it's buggy as I tried with both "background-color" and "backgroundColor"

jquery fading border not working

I just want some simple links where if it's hovered over, instead of having a line appear under it suddenly, it should fade. I'm trying this, but to no avail:
$(document).ready(function(){
$('#footer a').mouseover(function(){
$(this).animate({
border-bottom: 'border-bottom: 1px solid #D8D8D8'
}, 1000, function() {
// Animation complete.
});
});
});
What should I be doing?
Thanks.

You need a few changes here, first you should animate only the color, like this:
$(function(){
$('#footer a').mouseover(function(){
$(this).animate({
borderBottomColor: '#D8D8D8'
}, 1000, function() {
});
});
});​
Also, give the border an initial size so it doesn't just "appear" (when changing from 0 to 1px), like this:
​​#footer a { border-bottom: solid 1px transparent; }​
You can see a working demo here, to make this work you need either the color plugin or jQuery UI so the colors can animate...core doesn't handle colors, or transitioning anything that's not a number.
Here's a more complete demo, probably what you're ultimately after:
$(function(){
$('#footer a').hover(function(){
$(this).animate({ borderBottomColor: '#D8D8D8' });
}, function() {
$(this).animate({ borderBottomColor: 'transparent' });
});
});
​