I've looked at the color plugin, but was unsuccessful, but I will have to try again, I guess. And there is an image behind it, if there weren't then this would be easy, and I would have never asked.
Thanks all. On Jan 17, 6:49 pm, MorningZ <morni...@gmail.com> wrote: > For sure check out the "color.js" plugin (Google "jQuery color.js" and > you'll find it)... it can animate the backgroundColor property, as for > color, instead of "none", you should be able to use "transparent".... > or better yet, just fade to the current page/DOM object background > color > > On Jan 12, 5:25 pm, "1.am.W1z4rd" <1.am.w1z...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I need to add a mouseover effect to the navigation for a site that I'm > > building. I need the backgroundColor to fade from none, to black, and > > then on mouseout, I need it to fade back to none. This would be easy > > if I were using two colors, but since I'm using 'none' as one of the > > color's, I don't know what to do. I have tried: > > > [code] > > $('.nav_link').hover(function() { > > $(this).animate({backgroundColor: '#000000'});}, function() { > > > $(this).animate({backgroundColor: 'none'});}); > > > [/code] > > > but that doesn't seem to work. > > > Any help / plugin links would be greatly appreciated. > > > Thanks, bye.