Creating a linear transparent gradient to a div

Question

I'd like to create a linear transparent gradient to a div. Is there any way to do that with jquery? Or should I use some other library like raphaeljs? I'd like to achieve an effect like the following:

Answer 1

Not sure what exactly you are looking for but take a look at Gradienter jQuery plugin.

Answer 2

You can do it with CSS3:

E.g.

div {
    opacity: 0.5;
    background: #999; /* for non-css3 browsers */

    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#cccccc', endColorstr='#000000'); /* for IE */
    background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#ccc), to(#000)); /* for webkit browsers */
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(top,  #ccc,  #000); /* for firefox 3.6+ */
}

http://www.webdesignerwall.com/tutorials/cross-browser-css-gradient/

http://gradients.glrzad.com/

http://www.colorzilla.com/gradient-editor/

http://css-tricks.com/css3-gradients/