In this chapter, we will look at examples and concepts of form animation using jQuery. We can use almost any animation type for animating form inputs (because of quirks and compatibility). However, keep in mind that a lot of animations won't make sense or will confuse our user, so we'll be steering clear of those. These animation types are ones that are too "jarring" to the eye. For example, if we change the dimensions of the form inputs, our user might not know what it means. For our first examples, we're going to be sticking with color changes mostly. Later in the chapter, we'll strap on more animation support using jQuery UI to really get our forms moving!
In our examples for this chapter, we'll be creating HTML forms so that we can get the visual representation of form animation. For these examples, we won't be adding a form action because we don't need them to submit properly.
In this chapter we will cover the following topics:
Animating the form when...