The callback was going to be my next suggestion. That's weird...the method I suggested should be working. What happens when you take off the hide() call? Does it fade out just fine?
_____ From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joan Piedra Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 2:24 PM To: jquery-en@googlegroups.com Subject: [jQuery] Re: animate & hide 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] <mailto:[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/
