Animation

Abstract

I’ve breached the subject of animation multiple times in this book so far, but only the very basic bits. You’ve done some fading and sliding, but nothing more—until now. jQuery has a fully-featured animation library, but it comes with its quirks: sometimes things don’t entirely happen as you might expect. This chapter will cover those “gotchas” and a lot more, including:

• jQuery’s animate() method, which allows you to animate a large number of properties.

• More jQuery convenience methods, such as fadeOut, slideIn, and so on.

• jQuery’s animation queue, which dictates how and when animations are run. They are not always run as you might expect.

• Common mistakes beginners make with animation—and how to avoid these mistakes.

• Enhancing the animation on your accordion so that it is less buggy.

• The infamous jQuery project: an image slider.