Could you do something like this? if(!$('#myElem:animated')){ <!-- Animation code here --> }
You can read more information about the animated selector here; http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors/animated On Jun 22, 8:47 pm, anthonyb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Im somewhat new to using jQuery and I am loving it so far. One problem > that I encounter is if you have a element, say, for example, that is a > button and on press a paragraph of text fades in. If you press the > button again, jQuery fades the text out. > > Well this in fact works rather well, but the problem is, if you go > crazy on that button and press it rapidly with your mouse, the > animation will just open and close and open and close.. is there any > way to prevent this from happening? > > Essentially it would be great if there was something that said: If the > animation is in motion, dont take any other commands for it. Or > something along those lines. > > Again, im somewhat new at this, so I hope I'm being clear with what I > am encountering. Thanks.