Fade Effects in jQuery — a practical guide to jQuery fade effects with clear examples you can reuse in real projects.
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Short description
fadeTo(speed, opacity) is useful for soft disabled states.
Fade
$('#alert').fadeIn(200);
$('#alert').fadeOut(400);
$('#dim').fadeTo(300, 0.4);