er ... scratch display:none ... it doesn't remove it from the jquery object.
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