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Explode

jQuery UI Explode Effect

Overview

Explodes or implodes the element into/from many pieces.

Dependencies

  • Effects Core

Example

Hides the element by exploding it into 9 pieces.

$("div").click(function () {
      $(this).hide("explode", 1000);
});

<!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>
  <style type="text/css">
  div { margin: 0px; width: 100px; height: 80px; background: green; border: 1px solid black; position: relative; }
</style>

  <script>
  $(document).ready(function() {
    
$("div").click(function () {
      $(this).hide("explode", 1000);
});

  });
  </script>
</head>
<body style="font-size:62.5%;">
  <div></div>
</body>
</html>

Shows the element by imploding it from 16 pieces.

$("div").click(function () {
      $(this).show("explode", { pieces: 16 }, 2000);
});

<!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://dev.jquery.com/view/tags/ui/latest/ui/effects.core.js"></script>
<script src="http://dev.jquery.com/view/tags/ui/latest/ui/effects.explode.js"></script>
<style type="text/css">
  div { margin: 0px; width: 100px; height: 80px; background: green; border: 1px solid black; position: relative; }
</style>

  <script>
  $(document).ready(function() {
    
$("div").click(function () {
      $(this).show("explode", { pieces: 16 }, 2000);
});

  });
  </script>
</head>
<body style="font-size:62.5%;">
  <div></div>
</body>
</html>

Arguments

  • mode

    Type:
    String

    The mode of the animation. Can be set to "show" or "hide".

  • pieces

    Type:
    Integer
    Default:
    9

    Number of pieces to be exploded to/imploded from.