scott, i think that was it ... i also had some issues with my order of effect events. only problem is now ... liek prepend is great, if i want to remove the content i can't ... remove() seems to give it a display:none attribute ... i want to dump it from the DOM 100%
On Jul 23, 1:03 pm, Scott Sauyet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > skatta wrote: > > i simply want to do this ... > > > $("#mydiv").prepend("Hello There").show("slow"); > > > it shows up, but without the 'show' effect > > Your "show" is applied to #mydiv, which is presumably already visible, > and so it has no effect. You might try something like (untested): > > $("<span>Hello There</span>").prependTo("#mydiv").hide().show("slow"); > > This way, the chainable connection is on the element you then want to > operate on. > > Cheers, > > -- Scott