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<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>Animate Div Width on Hover in jQuery</title> <style> .box{ width: 200px; height: 150px; background: #f0e68c; border: 1px solid #a29415; } </style> <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.5.1.min.js"></script> <script> $(document).ready(function(){ var boxWidth = $(".box").width(); $(".box").mouseenter(function(){ $(this).animate({ width: "400" }); }).mouseleave(function(){ $(this).animate({ width: boxWidth }); }); }); </script> </head> <body> <p><strong>Note:</strong> Place mouse pointer over the box to play the animation.</p> <div class="box"></div> </body> </html>