Hightlight Text Fade a la Stackoverflow

by bizamajig

HTML

<div id="bizamajig-ui-highlight">
    <div class="ui-hightlight-bg">
    </div>
    <div>Notification</div>
</div>

CSS

#bizamajig-ui-highlight .ui-hightlight-bg{
   background-color: #fddd9e;
}

#bizamajig-ui-highlight div {
    width: 1000px;
    height: 1000px;
    position: absolute;
    display: block;
    float: left;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
}

#bizamajig-ui-highlight {
    position: relative;
    width: 200px;
    height: 50px;
    overflow: hidden;   
}

JavaScript

$('#bizamajig-ui-highlight .ui-hightlight-bg').fadeOut(1000);