You need jqueryUi for this. http://docs.jquery.com/UI/Effects/ColorAnimations
Try importing this: <script src="http://ui.jquery.com/latest/ui/effects.core.js";></script> and see if your background will animate... ;) On May 28, 7:20 am, waseem sabjee <waseemsab...@gmail.com> wrote: > The one problem I am havingis that this will refuse t work > > $("#myid").animate({ > backgroundColor:"#CCC" > > }, 600); > > on the online jquery.com example it works. strangely it refuses for me.... > > On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 4:50 AM, GaVrA <ga...@crtaci.info> wrote: > > > $(function() { > > $('a).click(function() { > > $('#aba').animate({width: '300px'}, 2000); > > $('#content').animate({width: '454px'}, 2000); > > }); > > }); > > > That would make #aba and #content animate when you click any anchor on > > page. > > > On May 28, 3:42 am, "Filipe" <fil...@ideologic.com.br> wrote: > > > Hello mates! > > > > I'm having a few problems using the animate() functions. > > > The following piece of code works perfectly fine: > > > $(document).ready(function(){ > > > $('#aba').animate({width: '300px'}, 2000); > > > $('#content').animate({width: '454px'}, 2000); > > > > $('#aba').animate({width: '30px'}, 2000); > > > $('#content').animate({width: '754px'}, 2000); > > > > }); > > > > (I know it's lame, I was just testing, haha) > > > > But when I create a function such as this one: > > > function open() { > > > $('#aba').animate({width: '300px'}, 2000); > > > $('#content').animate({width: '454px'}, 2000);} > > > > and call it from a link the page reloads and nothing happens. I've tried > > using return false or working with onmouseover on span tag, but everytime > > the function is called I get this weird beaviour. > > > Does anybody know how to fix this? Thanks in advance! > > > > Cheers.
