jquery question on slideUp fadeIn and show

[yu210148]

Hi all,

jquery noob question here. I've got a php script that runs a few price
checker kiosks out on the sales floor at work and I've got a <p> element
that I can get to slide up when a product is scanned and slide back down
after a 5 second pause with:

$(function() {
$("p").slideUp("slow");
setTimeout(function(){ $("p").slideDown("slow"); }, 5000);
});

but when I change the slideUp and slideDown to fadeIn and fadeOut I'm not
getting the element to fade in or out. Instead the element shows up on the
screen then after 5 seconds the element appears in the position where it
ends up after a slideUp.

Similarly if I change the slideUp and slideDown to 'show' and 'hide' the
element again shows up in the spot that it starts the slideUp from then
slides up after 5 seconds.

Any thoughts on what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks in advance.

--
kev.

[yu210148]

Kevin Lucas wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> jquery noob question here. I've got a php script that runs a few price
> checker kiosks out on the sales floor at work and I've got a <p> element
> that I can get to slide up when a product is scanned and slide back down
> after a 5 second pause with:
>
> $(function() {
> $("p").slideUp("slow");
> setTimeout(function(){ $("p").slideDown("slow"); }, 5000);
> });
>
> but when I change the slideUp and slideDown to fadeIn and fadeOut I'm not
> getting the element to fade in or out. Instead the element shows up on
> the screen then after 5 seconds the element appears in the position where
> it ends up after a slideUp.
>
> Similarly if I change the slideUp and slideDown to 'show' and 'hide' the
> element again shows up in the spot that it starts the slideUp from then
> slides up after 5 seconds.
>
> Any thoughts on what I'm doing wrong?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>

Nevermind. It's a moot point anyway as the embedded browser in the price
checkers doesn't support even the slideUp/slideDowns.

--
kev.