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title: "How do you animate elements using jQuery?"  
description: "How do you animate elements using jQuery?"  
author: "Revati S Misra"  
published: 2023-07-16  
updated: 2023-07-17  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/159115/how-do-you-animate-elements-using-jquery  
category: "jquery"  
tags: ["jquery", "jquery ui", "animation"]  
reading_time: 2 minutes  

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# How do you animate elements using jQuery?

How do you animate [elements using jQuery](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/158688/how-can-you-dynamically-create-html-elements-using-jquery)?

## Replies

### Reply by Aryan Kumar

Sure, I can help you with that.

The jQuery `animate()` method is used to create custom animations. The syntax is:

```plaintext
$(selector).animate({params},speed,callback);
```

The `params` parameter defines the CSS properties to be animated. The `speed` parameter specifies the duration of the effect. It can take the following values:

- `slow`
- `fast`
- A number of milliseconds

The `callback` parameter is a function to be executed after the animation completes.

For example, the following code would animate the `width` and `height` properties of the element with the ID `myElement` to 200px over 2 seconds:

```plaintext
$("myElement").animate({
  width: 200,
  height: 200
}, 2000);
```

The `animate()` method also supports a number of other options, such as the easing function to use, whether or not to queue the animation, and whether or not to show the element before the animation starts.

Here is a table of the available options:

| Option | Description |
| --- | --- |
| duration | The duration of the animation in milliseconds. |
| easing | The easing function to use. |
| complete | A function to be executed after the animation completes. |
| step | A function to be executed for each step in the animation. |
| progress | A function to be executed after each step in the animation. |
| queue | A Boolean value specifying whether or not to place the animation in the effects queue. |


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