Highlight Effect

Description: The highlight effect hides or shows an element by animating its background color first.

Example:

Toggle a div using the highlight effect.

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<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>highlight demo</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.9.2/themes/base/jquery-ui.css">
    <style>
    #toggle {
        width: 100px;
        height: 100px;
        background: #ccc;
    }
    </style>
    <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.8.3.js"></script>
    <script src="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.9.2/jquery-ui.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
 
<p>Click anywhere to toggle the box.</p>
<div id="toggle"></div>
 
<script>
$( document ).click(function() {
    $( "#toggle" ).toggle( "highlight" );
});
</script>
 
</body>
</html>

Demo: