[jquery] How do you make an element "flash" in jQuery

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?

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The answer is


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 })

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


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

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;
}

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


Straight jquery, no plugins. It blinks the specified number of times, changes the background color while blinking and then changes it back.

function blink(target, count, blinkspeed, bc) {
    let promises=[];
    const b=target.css(`background-color`);
    target.css(`background-color`, bc||b);
    for (i=1; i<count; i++) {
            const blink = target.fadeTo(blinkspeed||100, .3).fadeTo(blinkspeed||100, 1.0);
            promises.push(blink);
    }
    // wait for all the blinking to finish before changing the background color back
    $.when.apply(null, promises).done(function() {
            target.css(`background-color`, b);
    });
    promises=undefined;
}

Example:

blink($(`.alert-danger`), 5, 200, `yellow`);

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


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)

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


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 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

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");

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!


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

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)

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>

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 use this code :) change mili value for change animation speed

var mili = 300
for (var i = 2; i < 8; i++) {
   if (i % 2 == 0) {
      $("#lblTransferCount").fadeOut(mili)
   } else {
      $("#lblTransferCount").fadeIn(mili)
   }
}

My way is .fadein, .fadeout .fadein, .fadeout ......

$("#someElement").fadeOut(100).fadeIn(100).fadeOut(100).fadeIn(100);

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function go2() { $('#demo2').delay(100).fadeOut().fadeIn('slow') }
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  width: 150px;_x000D_
}
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<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>_x000D_
<button onclick="go1()">Click Me</button>_x000D_
<div id='demo1'>My Element</div>_x000D_
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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'))

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);
};

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

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!


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


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);

you can use this code :) change mili value for change animation speed

var mili = 300
for (var i = 2; i < 8; i++) {
   if (i % 2 == 0) {
      $("#lblTransferCount").fadeOut(mili)
   } else {
      $("#lblTransferCount").fadeIn(mili)
   }
}

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;
}

Working with jQuery 1.10.2, this pulses a dropdown twice and changes the text to an error. It also stores the values for the changed attributes to reinstate them.

// shows the user an error has occurred
$("#myDropdown").fadeOut(700, function(){
    var text = $(this).find("option:selected").text();
    var background = $(this).css( "background" );

    $(this).css('background', 'red');
    $(this).find("option:selected").text("Error Occurred");

        $(this).fadeIn(700, function(){
            $(this).fadeOut(700, function(){
                $(this).fadeIn(700, function(){
                    $(this).fadeOut(700, function(){

                        $(this).find("option:selected").text(text);
                        $(this).css("background", background);
                        $(this).fadeIn(700);
                    })
                })
            })
        })
});

Done via callbacks - to ensure no animations are missed.


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);

My way is .fadein, .fadeout .fadein, .fadeout ......

$("#someElement").fadeOut(100).fadeIn(100).fadeOut(100).fadeIn(100);

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function go1() { $("#demo1").fadeOut(100).fadeIn(100).fadeOut(100).fadeIn(100)}_x000D_
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function go2() { $('#demo2').delay(100).fadeOut().fadeIn('slow') }
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#demo1,_x000D_
#demo2 {_x000D_
  text-align: center;_x000D_
  font-family: Helvetica;_x000D_
  background: IndianRed;_x000D_
  height: 50px;_x000D_
  line-height: 50px;_x000D_
  width: 150px;_x000D_
}
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<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>_x000D_
<button onclick="go1()">Click Me</button>_x000D_
<div id='demo1'>My Element</div>_x000D_
<br>_x000D_
<button onclick="go2()">Click Me</button> (from comment)_x000D_
<div id='demo2'>My Element</div>
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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.


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 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");

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


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.


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!


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 );

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);
};

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

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.


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); 
});
  1. Setup event trigger

  2. Set the background color of block element

  3. Inside setTimeout use fadeOut and fadeIn to create a little animation effect.

  4. Inside second setTimeout reset default background color

    Tested in a few browsers and it works nicely.


Create two classes, giving each a background color:

.flash{
 background: yellow;
}

.noflash{
 background: white;
}

Create a div with one of these classes:

<div class="noflash"></div>

The following function will toggle the classes and make it appear to be flashing:

var i = 0, howManyTimes = 7;
function flashingDiv() {
    $('.flash').toggleClass("noFlash")
    i++;
    if( i <= howManyTimes ){
        setTimeout( f, 200 );
    }
}
f();

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).


Simple as the best is to do in this way :

<script>

setInterval(function(){

    $(".flash-it").toggleClass("hide");

},700)
</script>

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


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 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 use this cool library to make any kind of animated effect on your element: http://daneden.github.io/animate.css/


I am using this one. though not yet tested on all browser. just modify this in the way you like,

usage: hlight($("#mydiv"));

function hlight(elementid){
    var hlight= "#fe1414"; //set the hightlight color
    var aspeed= 2000; //set animation speed
    var orig= "#ffffff"; // set default background color
    elementid.stop().css("background-color", hlight).animate({backgroundColor: orig}, aspeed);
}

NOTE: you need a jquery UI added to your header.


Create two classes, giving each a background color:

.flash{
 background: yellow;
}

.noflash{
 background: white;
}

Create a div with one of these classes:

<div class="noflash"></div>

The following function will toggle the classes and make it appear to be flashing:

var i = 0, howManyTimes = 7;
function flashingDiv() {
    $('.flash').toggleClass("noFlash")
    i++;
    if( i <= howManyTimes ){
        setTimeout( f, 200 );
    }
}
f();

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


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;
}

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.


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>

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!


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

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


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);

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


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.  

$("#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. :)


This function makes it blink. It must use cssHooks, because of the rgb default return of background-color function.

Hope it helps!

$.cssHooks.backgroundColor = {
get: function(elem) {
    if (elem.currentStyle)
        var bg = elem.currentStyle["backgroundColor"];
    else if (window.getComputedStyle)
        var bg = document.defaultView.getComputedStyle(elem,
            null).getPropertyValue("background-color");
    if (bg.search("rgb") == -1)
        return bg;
    else {
        bg = bg.match(/^rgb\((\d+),\s*(\d+),\s*(\d+)\)$/);
        function hex(x) {
            return ("0" + parseInt(x).toString(16)).slice(-2);
        }
        return "#" + hex(bg[1]) + hex(bg[2]) + hex(bg[3]);
    }
}
}
function blink(element,blinkTimes,color,originalColor){
    var changeToColor;
    if(blinkTimes === null || blinkTimes === undefined)
        blinkTimes = 1;
    if(!originalColor || originalColor === null || originalColor === undefined)
        originalColor = $(element).css("backgroundColor");
    if(!color || color === null || color === undefined)
        color = "#ffffdf";
    if($(element).css("backgroundColor") == color){
        changeToColor = originalColor;
    }else{
        changeToColor = color;
        --blinkTimes;
    }
    if(blinkTimes >= 0){
        $(element).animate({
            "background-color": changeToColor,
        }, {
            duration: 500,
            complete: function() {
                blink(element, blinkTimes, color, originalColor);
                return true;
            }
        });
    }else{
        $(element).removeAttr("style");
    }
    return true;
}

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 })

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;
}

You can use this cool library to make any kind of animated effect on your element: http://daneden.github.io/animate.css/


$("#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. :)


Working with jQuery 1.10.2, this pulses a dropdown twice and changes the text to an error. It also stores the values for the changed attributes to reinstate them.

// shows the user an error has occurred
$("#myDropdown").fadeOut(700, function(){
    var text = $(this).find("option:selected").text();
    var background = $(this).css( "background" );

    $(this).css('background', 'red');
    $(this).find("option:selected").text("Error Occurred");

        $(this).fadeIn(700, function(){
            $(this).fadeOut(700, function(){
                $(this).fadeIn(700, function(){
                    $(this).fadeOut(700, function(){

                        $(this).find("option:selected").text(text);
                        $(this).css("background", background);
                        $(this).fadeIn(700);
                    })
                })
            })
        })
});

Done via callbacks - to ensure no animations are missed.


I am using this one. though not yet tested on all browser. just modify this in the way you like,

usage: hlight($("#mydiv"));

function hlight(elementid){
    var hlight= "#fe1414"; //set the hightlight color
    var aspeed= 2000; //set animation speed
    var orig= "#ffffff"; // set default background color
    elementid.stop().css("background-color", hlight).animate({backgroundColor: orig}, aspeed);
}

NOTE: you need a jquery UI added to your header.


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


Straight jquery, no plugins. It blinks the specified number of times, changes the background color while blinking and then changes it back.

function blink(target, count, blinkspeed, bc) {
    let promises=[];
    const b=target.css(`background-color`);
    target.css(`background-color`, bc||b);
    for (i=1; i<count; i++) {
            const blink = target.fadeTo(blinkspeed||100, .3).fadeTo(blinkspeed||100, 1.0);
            promises.push(blink);
    }
    // wait for all the blinking to finish before changing the background color back
    $.when.apply(null, promises).done(function() {
            target.css(`background-color`, b);
    });
    promises=undefined;
}

Example:

blink($(`.alert-danger`), 5, 200, `yellow`);

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 );

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); 
});
  1. Setup event trigger

  2. Set the background color of block element

  3. Inside setTimeout use fadeOut and fadeIn to create a little animation effect.

  4. Inside second setTimeout reset default background color

    Tested in a few browsers and it works nicely.


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.


This function makes it blink. It must use cssHooks, because of the rgb default return of background-color function.

Hope it helps!

$.cssHooks.backgroundColor = {
get: function(elem) {
    if (elem.currentStyle)
        var bg = elem.currentStyle["backgroundColor"];
    else if (window.getComputedStyle)
        var bg = document.defaultView.getComputedStyle(elem,
            null).getPropertyValue("background-color");
    if (bg.search("rgb") == -1)
        return bg;
    else {
        bg = bg.match(/^rgb\((\d+),\s*(\d+),\s*(\d+)\)$/);
        function hex(x) {
            return ("0" + parseInt(x).toString(16)).slice(-2);
        }
        return "#" + hex(bg[1]) + hex(bg[2]) + hex(bg[3]);
    }
}
}
function blink(element,blinkTimes,color,originalColor){
    var changeToColor;
    if(blinkTimes === null || blinkTimes === undefined)
        blinkTimes = 1;
    if(!originalColor || originalColor === null || originalColor === undefined)
        originalColor = $(element).css("backgroundColor");
    if(!color || color === null || color === undefined)
        color = "#ffffdf";
    if($(element).css("backgroundColor") == color){
        changeToColor = originalColor;
    }else{
        changeToColor = color;
        --blinkTimes;
    }
    if(blinkTimes >= 0){
        $(element).animate({
            "background-color": changeToColor,
        }, {
            duration: 500,
            complete: function() {
                blink(element, blinkTimes, color, originalColor);
                return true;
            }
        });
    }else{
        $(element).removeAttr("style");
    }
    return true;
}

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


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


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();
}

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.


Simple as the best is to do in this way :

<script>

setInterval(function(){

    $(".flash-it").toggleClass("hide");

},700)
</script>

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