I am trying to create jQuery color animation without any external plugins. So far i could manage to do this with jQuery-ui but i want to learn this way with pure jQuery animate()
Is is possible to do this with less code and without any external jQuery plugins on 1.8 ?
Here is jsFiddle sample with jQuery 1.7.2 and ui
jQuery:
var Text = $('h1');
var Box = $('.box');
Text.click(function() {
Text.animate({'color':'#f00'},600)
.delay(200).animate({'color':'#ff0'},600)
.delay(200).animate({'color':'#000'},600);
});
Box.click(function() {
Box.animate({'background-color':'#f00'},600)
.delay(200).animate({'background-color':'#ff0'},600)
.delay(200).animate({'background-color':'#000'},600);
});
You asked for less code, so here is the relevant code which I minified with Google Closure Compiler:
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It is about 7kb in UTF8 without gzip or other compressions, and allows you to animate colors exactly as you were previously doing with jQuery UI. That means, it allows you to remove the jQuery UI while keeping the same code.
I'll also suggest to prioritize your development time more. 7kb on a first load won't be a noticeable change for any end-user, not even dial up ones. That's why I consider refactoring this a waste of time. There's no need to spend hours/days reinventing the wheel. =]