how to highlight a div for a few seconds using jQuery

Question

I want to be add the following to a a page:

When a div is clicked, I want to:

1. change the background color of the clicked on div for a few seconds

Answer 1

One way is to go about like this using setTimeout:

$(function () {
    $('div.highlightable').click(function () {
        $(this).addClass('highlighted');
        setTimeout(function () {
            $('div.highlightable').removeClass('highlighted');
        }, 2000);
    });
});