Kendo UI for jQuery FX Overview

The Kendo UI FX (Effects) instances provide a rich, extensible, and performance-optimized toolset for element transitions.

Whenever possible, effects are hardware-accelerated through CSS transitions which makes them ideal for desktop and mobile devices. Unlike the CPU intensive JavaScript animations, animations that are implemented with CSS provide better frame rates and battery life. To show and hide certain parts of the user interface (UI), you can also play animations in reverse. For chaining and callbacks, the Kendo UI FX utilizes the jQuery Deferred utility.

Kendo UI supports the following effects:

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Functionality and Features

  • Direction—You can set the direction of the effects.
  • Composite effects—You can combine effects on the same element or different elements.
  • Animated transitions—With FX, you can create complex animated transitions between two elements within a common container.

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