Uses a specific effect on an element (without the show/hide logic).
$("p").click(function () { $("div").effect("explode"); });
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <link type="text/css" href="http://jqueryui.com/latest/themes/base/ui.all.css" rel="stylesheet" /> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://jqueryui.com/latest/jquery-1.3.2.js"></script> <script src="http://ui.jquery.com/latest/ui/effects.core.js"></script> <script src="http://ui.jquery.com/latest/ui/effects.explode.js"></script> <style type="text/css"> div { margin: 0 auto; width: 100px; height: 80px; background: blue; position: relative; } </style> <script type="text/javascript"> $(document).ready(function(){ $("p").click(function () { $("div").effect("explode"); }); }); </script> </head> <body style="font-size:62.5%;"> <p>Click me</p><div></div> </body> </html>