# jQuery Animate

The Animate action uses the jQuery 'animate' method to allow you to change the properties of an element, but in an animated way. For example, you may use the Animate action to change the width of a DIV, but rather than the DIV simply change to the new width, it will do so in a visually animated way.

To use the Animate action, choose from the 'jQuery' popup in Lucid. Now drag from the side to connect to the element on the web page that you would like to animate. Now select what properties you would like to change. To quickly see what Animate can do, you can select a default set from the gear menu.