[jQuery] Re: slideUp/slideDown toggle questions

[Glen Lipka]

Use slideToggle instead of slideDown or slideUp.
It automatically figures out which is which and does the right thing.
Check visualjQuery.com for examples and syntax.

Hope this helps,

Glen

On 7/12/07, djl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Hi there,

I have a page with a div that uses a toggle slideUp/slideDown effect
as follows:-


var $jq = jQuery.noConflict();

        $jq(document).ready(function()
        {
        $jq("#recenttoggle").toggle(function()
        {
        $jq("#recent").slideDown('slow');
        }
        , function()
        {
        $jq("#recent").slideUp('fast');
        }
        );

});

This works fine, aside from the fact that the default state for the
recent div is 'show' - ie, after the page has loaded, the
recenttoggle div/link has to be clicked twice to hide it/slideUp.

So that's my first question - how do I make it so that the recent div
hides/slideUp when the recenttoggle div/link is clicked the first time?

Also, how can I reference this toggle function from another JS function?
What I want to do is call a function that will hide/slideUp the
recent div, update the recent div using an AJAX call, and then show/
slideDown.

Any help greatly appreciated.

Thanks.