CSS3 transitions want to add a colour and fade it away

Question

I want to make a DIV background (which doesn\'t have a background color) flash red then ease out to blank again. now I have used JS to add a new CLASS (which adds the red) to t

Answer 1

If you want something like a highlighting you may want to use CSS3 animations. They are not supported in older browsers. Check caniuse for this.

I've created a short example over here.

The highlight is called on clicking the link. Here is the CSS (without vendor-prefixes):

@keyframes highlight {
  0% {
    background: red
  }
  100% {
    background: none;
  }
}

#highlight:target {
  animation: highlight 1s;
}