A few days back I debuted a sweet article that made use of MooTools JavaScript and opacity to show focus on a specified element. Here's how to accomplish that feat using jQuery. The jQuery JavaScript $(document).ready(function() { //area 1 $('.fade-area-1').children().hover(function() { $(this).siblings().stop().fadeTo(500,0.5); }, function() { $(this).siblings().stop().fadeTo(500,1); }); //area 2