Why can't I delay a remove call with jQuery

Question

I would like for a div to fadeOut and then be removed:

 $(\'#div\').delay(1000).fadeOut(300);
 $(\'#div\').delay(1300).remove();

Unfortunately,

Answer 1

.delay() only works with methods that go through the animation queue. Thus, it works for .fadeOut() (an animation), but not .remove() (not an animation).

To show you how specialized this is, this doesn't delay:

$('#div').delay(1000).hide();

But, this does:

 $('#div').delay(1000).hide(1);

Putting a duration on the hide method turns it into an animation which then uses the animation queue, which then works with .delay().

To remove the item with a delay, you can use a setTimeout() call:

setTimeout(function() {
    $('#div').remove();
}, 1300);

or get a bit tricky and use a completion function on an animation like this:

$('#div').delay(1000).hide(1, function() {
    $(this).remove();
});