How to delay animation in jQuery

Using delay with animate() method is a quick, and easy way in jQuery to delay actions without using the setTimeout method. You can add an animate function to your chain and then animate the element, so it doesn’t look like there is anything happening
For ex. If you want to open a dialog, and then close it after 10 seconds. You can do it like this

$(function(){$("body").append("<div class='dialog'></div>").<em>animate({ opacity : 1.0 }, 10000)</em>.fadeOut();
});

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