# jQuery UI Highlight Effect

## Overview

Highlights the element's background with a specific color, default is yellow.

### Dependencies

- Effects Core

### Example

- Demo
- View Source

Simple highlight when clicking on the element.

    $("div").click(function () {
          $(this).effect("highlight", {}, 3000);
    });

    <!DOCTYPE html>
    <html>
    <head>
      <link type="text/css" href="http://jqueryui.com/latest/themes/base/ui.all.css" rel="stylesheet" />
      <script type="text/javascript" src="http://jqueryui.com/latest/jquery-1.3.2.js"></script>

    <script src="http://jqueryui.com/latest/ui/effects.core.js"></script>
    <script src="http://jqueryui.com/latest/ui/effects.highlight.js"></script>
    <style type="text/css">
      div { margin: 0px; width: 100px; height: 80px; background: #666; border: 1px solid black; position: relative; }
    </style>

      <script type="text/javascript">
      $(document).ready(function(){

    $("div").click(function () {
          $(this).effect("highlight", {}, 3000);
    });

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

## Arguments

- ### color

  Type:
    String
  Default:
    "#ffff99"

  Highlight color

- ### mode

  Type:
    String
  Default:
    "show"

  The mode of the effect. Can be "show" or "hide".