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jQuery & jQuery UI

Shake

jQuery UI Shake Effect

Overview

Shakes the element multiple times, vertically or horizontally.

Dependencies

  • Effects Core

Example

Shakes 3 times when clicking on the element.

$("div").click(function () {
      $(this).effect("shake", { times:3 }, 300);
});

<!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).effect("shake", { times:3 }, 300);
});

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

Arguments

  • direction

    Type:
    String
    Default:
    "left"

    The direction of the effect. Can be "up", "down", "left", "right".

  • distance

    Type:
    Integer
    Default:
    20

    Distance to shake.

  • times

    Type:
    Integer
    Default:
    3

    Times to shake.