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# jQuery Scale Effect

# Description:

The Scale effect can be used with show/hide/toggle. This shrinks or grows an element by a percentage factor.

# Syntax:

Here is the simple syntax to use this effect:

    selector.hide|show|toggle( "scale", {arguments}, speed );

## Parameters:

Here is the description of all the arguments:

- direction: The direction of the effect. Can be "both", "vertical" or "horizontal". Default is both.

- from: The state at beginning, usually not needed. This would be an object and would be given in the form of { height: .., width: .. }.

- origin: The vanishing point. This is an array and by default set to ['middle','center'].

- percent: The percentage to scale to, number. Default is 0/100.

- scale: Which areas of the element will be resized: 'both', 'box', 'content' Box resizes the border and padding of the element Content resizes any content inside of the element. Default is both.

# Example:

Following is a simple example a simple showing the usage of this effect:

    <html>
    <head>
    <title>the title</title>
       <script type="text/javascript"
       src="/jquery/jquery-1.3.2.min.js"></script>
       <script type="text/javascript"
       src="/jquery/jquery-ui-1.7.2.custom.min.js"></script>
       <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">

        $(document).ready(function() {

          $("#hide").click(function(){
             $(".target").hide( "scale",
              {percent: 200, direction: 'horizontal'}, 2000 );
          });

          $("#show").click(function(){
             $(".target").show( "scale",
             {percent: 200, direction: 'vertical' }, 2000 );
          });

       });
       </script>
       <style>
          p {
               background-color:#bca;
               width:200px;
               border:1px solid green;
            }
         div{ width:100px;
                height:100px;
                background:red;
            }
      </style>
    </head>
    <body>

       <p>Click on any of the buttons</p>
       <button id="hide"> Hide </button>
       <button id="show"> Show</button>

       <div class="target">
       </div>

    </body>
    </html>

To understand it in better way you can Try it yourself.

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