How do you pause before fading an element out using jQuery?

Question

I would like to flash a success message on my page.

I am using the jQuery fadeOut method to fade and then remove the element. I can increase the duratio

Answer 1

var $msg = $('#msg-container-id');
$msg.fadeIn(function(){
  setTimeout(function(){
    $msg.fadeOut(function(){
      $msg.remove();
    });
  },5000);
});