Creating an attention-grabber notification
In this recipe we will use background color and chain effects to bring a user's attention to some text.
Getting ready
Remember that flashing text can induce seizures. Think about the audience that will be using your application and keep flashing to a minimum. Use this effect in forms where changes in the DOM might be missed or mandatory form fields need to have the users' attention brought to them.
How to do it...
Use Fx.Tween() to animate a single CSS property.
<script type="text/javascript" src="mootools-1.3.0.js"></script> </head> <body> <form action="javascript:" method="get"> <input id="submit" type="button" value="Find Lorem"/> </form> <div id="lorem_ipsum"> <h2 id="lorem_ipsum_h2">Lorem ipsum</h2> ...
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