title: jquery scale to centre/center scaling without using show/hide/toggle
body: <p>Is there a way to centre scale elements using jquery without having the element hide/show/toggle the element.</p>
  
  <p>The code below will scale to centre an object to 150% then return it to 100% (hide scale to 150% then hide it). I just want it to <strong>stay</strong> at 150%.</p>
  
  <pre><code>(this).show("scale", { percent: 150}, 500);
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I've tried the following:</p>
  
  <pre><code> $(this).effect("scale", { percent: 150}, 500);
   $(this).effect("scale", { percent: 150,origin:'center'}, 500);
   $(this).effect("scale", { percent: 150,origin:'middle'}, 500);
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But the "origin" para is invalid.</p>
  
  <p>I'm unsure why show/hide/toggle need to be connected to scale and center to.</p>