effect( effect, options, [speed], [callback] )

Uses a specific effect on an element (without the show/hide logic).

Arguments:

effect	String
The effect to be used. Possible values: 'blind', 'bounce', 'clip', 'drop', 'explode', 'fold', 'highlight', 'puff', 'pulsate', 'scale', 'shake', 'size', 'slide', 'transfer'.
options	Hash
A object/hash including specific options for the effect.
speed (Optional)	String, Number
A string representing one of the three predefined speeds ("slow", "normal", or "fast") or the number of milliseconds to run the animation (e.g. 1000).
callback (Optional)	Function
A function that is called after the effect is completed.

Examples:

Demo
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Apply the effect explode if you click on the element.

    $("div").click(function () {
      $(this).effect("explode", {}, 1000);
    });

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" 
                    "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
  <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"></script>
  
  <script src="http://ui.jquery.com/latest/ui/effects.core.js"></script>
<script src="http://ui.jquery.com/latest/ui/effects.explode.js"></script>

  <script>
  $(document).ready(function(){
    
    $("div").click(function () {
      $(this).effect("explode", {}, 1000);
    });

  });
  </script>
  <style>
  div { margin: 0px; width: 100px; height: 80px; background: blue; position: relative; top: 20px; left: 20px; }
  </style>
</head>
<body>
  <div></div>
</body>
</html>

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