SO fiddle
Test Fiddle mainly for SO Questions
by Nick Craver
HTML
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.4/themes/overcast/jquery-ui.css">
<button>Test</button>
<div id="formResponse"></div>
CSS
#formResponse { width: 300px; height: 300px; border: solid 1px black; display: none; }
JavaScript
var data = "I am a test";
$("button").click(function() {
$("#formResponse").hide(); //resetting for demo purposes
$("#formResponse").html(data).show(2000); //slowing it down for demo
});