How can I fade out a div using jQuery?

Question

Is there any way to fadeout a div after 5 Seconds without using a setTimeOut function?

Answer 1

// i use this pause plugin i just wrote

$.fn.pause = function(duration) {
    $(this).animate({ dummy: 1 }, duration);
    return this;
};

Call it like this :

$("#mainImage").pause(5000).fadeOut();

Note: you don't need a callback.