Change text (html) with .animate

Question

I am trying to animate the html part of a tag ( This Text! ) using jQuery\'s Animate function, like so:

Answer 1

The animate(..) function' signature is:

.animate( properties, options );

And it says the following about the parameter properties:

properties A map of CSS properties that the animation will move toward.

text is not a CSS property, this is why the function isn't working as you expected.

Do you want to fade the text out? Do you want to move it? I might be able to provide an alternative.

Have a look at the following fiddle.