How to make a blinking text using jQuery ?

Namachila November 12, 2025

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Given an HTML document and the task is to blink the certain text of an element using jQuery. There are few techniques to solve this problem which are discussed below:

Approach 1:

Select a particular element from the document.
Toggle its visibility property from hidden to visible and vice-versa after a particular period of time.

Example 1: This example implements the above approach.

<!DOCTYPE HTML>   
<html>   
  
<head>   
    <title>   
        How to make a blinking text using jQuery ? 
    </title> 
      
    <script src= 
"https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.min.js"> 
    </script> 
</head>   
  
<body align = "center">   
      
    <h1 style = "color:green;" >   
        GeeksForGeeks   
    </h1>  
      
    <p id = "GFG_UP" style =  
            "font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold;">  
    </p> 
      
    <button onclick = "GFG_Fun()"> 
        click here 
    </button> 
      
    <p id = "GFG_DOWN" style =  
        "font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; color:green;">  
    </p> 
      
    <script>   
        var el_up = document.getElementById('GFG_UP'); 
        var el_down = document.getElementById('GFG_DOWN'); 
          
        el_up.innerHTML = "Click on the button to start " 
                        + "the text blinking."; 
        el_down.innerHTML = "Binking Text"; 
          
        function GFG_Fun() { 
            $('#GFG_DOWN').each(function() { 
                var elem = $(this); 
                setInterval(function() { 
                    if (elem.css('visibility') == 'hidden') { 
                        elem.css('visibility', 'visible'); 
                    } else { 
                        elem.css('visibility', 'hidden'); 
                    }     
                }, 100); 
            }); 
        } 
    </script>   
</body>   
  
</html> 

Output:

Before clicking on the button:
After clicking on the button:

Approach 2:

Select a particular element from the document.
Animate its opacity property from 0 to 1 and vice-versa after a particular period of time.

Example 2: This example implements the above approach.

<!DOCTYPE HTML>   
<html>   
  
<head>   
    <title>   
        How to make a blinking text using jQuery ? 
    </title> 
      
    <script src= 
"https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.min.js"> 
    </script> 
</head>   
  
<body align = "center">   
      
    <h1 style = "color:green;" >   
        GeeksForGeeks   
    </h1>  
      
    <p id = "GFG_UP" style =  
            "font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold;">  
    </p> 
      
    <button onclick = "GFG_Fun()"> 
        click here 
    </button> 
      
    <p id = "GFG_DOWN" style =  
        "font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; color:green;">  
    </p> 
      
    <script>   
        var el_up = document.getElementById('GFG_UP'); 
        var el_down = document.getElementById('GFG_DOWN'); 
        el_up.innerHTML = "Click on the button to start " 
                        + "the text blinking."; 
        el_down.innerHTML = "Binking Text"; 
          
        function blink(selector) { 
            $(selector).animate({opacity:0}, 50, "linear",  
            function() { 
                $(this).delay(100); 
                $(this).animate({opacity:1}, 50, function(){ 
                    blink(this); 
                }); 
                $(this).delay(100); 
            }); 
        } 
          
        function GFG_Fun() { 
            blink('#GFG_DOWN'); 
        } 
    </script>   
</body>   
  
</html> 

Output:

Before clicking on the button:
After clicking on the button:

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