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

For posterity, here is an answer involving the jQuery queue() function.

$('.menul').addClass('red').delay(1000).queue(function(next){
   $(this).removeClass('red');
   next();
});

From: https://forum.jquery.com/topic/inserting-a-delay-between-adding-and-removing-a-class#14737000002257187