This should work. msg.css("background-color","#faa").animate({'backgroundColor':'#fff'}, 1000).hide();
If it doesn't, use the callback. msg.css("background-color","#faa").animate({'backgroundColor':'#fff'}, 1000, function(){ // this is the callback $(this).hide(); }) On 9/13/07, Stefan Kilp [sk-software] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > it is certainly only a newbie problem ... > > i try to set my message to red, animate it to white an the hide it > > msg.css("background-color","#faa"); > msg.animate({'backgroundColor':'#fff'}, 1000); > msg.hide(); > > but it will be hidden at once, without animating. > > if i remove > > msg.hide() > > then the animation is shown. > > any hint for me > > thanks > stefan > > > -- > Stefan Kilp > SK-Software, Entwicklung & Beratung > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > fon : +49 6151 93344-0 > fax : +49 6151 93344-20 > Herta-Mansbacher-Str. 98 > 64289 Darmstadt, Germany. > ----------------------------------------------------- > > -- Joan Piedra || Frontend web developer http://www.justaquit.com/ || http://www.joanpiedra.com/