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seekAttention, a jQuery plugin

By: Mark Dijkstra    In: jQuery

The “seekAttention” plugin gracefully get’s your users attention by fading out a definable area but leaving the target element (the element which is seeking attention) un-faded and thereby focusing the users attention on it.

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The definable area (to be called “container” from this point forward) can be the entire page or any element which surrounds the target element and the colour which overlays the container can also be defined by you.



It’s hard to describe so see the demos now by scrolling down.


Not only will it focus the element but it will automatically scroll the page if the element is out of the users view. To see the scrolling in action visit the bottom of the page and click the “apply to box at top of page”.


Installation instructions and downloads are at the bottom of the page.

See a demo here

Written by: Mark Dijkstra

Mark Dijkstra is the founder and main writer of OpenSourceHunter. He's also a passionate freelance web developer and designer. Mark is one of those people that spend too much time on the internet to keep up with all of the trends and tools.
You can follow Mark on twitter @ MarkDijkstra

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2 Comments

Balaji

October 29, 2008

amazing plugins!

Stumbled

The Hunter

October 30, 2008

@Balaji -
I know ;)

greetz

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