jQuery autohide element after 5 seconds

Question

Is it possible to automatically hide an element in a web page 5 seconds after the form loads using jQuery?

Basically, I\'ve got

Answer 1

You use setTimeout on you runEffect function :

function runEffect() {
    setTimeout(function(){
        var selectedEffect = 'blind';
        var options = {};
        $("#successMessage").hide(selectedEffect, options, 500)
     }, 5000);
}