wait for each jQuery

Question

I\'m trying to make a div fade in/out that\'s within an each statement. The problem is that next item is called before the fade in/out is complete.

Answer 1

How about this, animate by going through each items in the array within the function?

var elements = [ "one", "two", "three"];
animate(elements);

function animate( elements, index )
{
    if(!index) index = 0;
    var box = '#' + elements[index];
    var $$box = $("#box");
    console.log( 'start - ' + elements[index] );
    $$box.fadeOut( 500, function( )
    {
        console.log('showing - ' + elements[index]);
        $$box.fadeIn( 500, function() {
            console.log( 'end - ' + elements[index] );
            if(elements[++index]) animate(elements, index);
        } ).css('backgroundColor','white');
    });
}

You can even loop back to the start if you want:

var elements = [ "one", "two", "three"];
animate(elements);

function animate( elements, index )
{
    if(!index) index = 0;
    var box = '#' + elements[index];
    var $$box = $(box);
    console.log( 'start - ' + elements[index] );
    $$box.fadeOut( 500, function( )
    {
        console.log('showing - ' + elements[index]);
        $$box.fadeIn( 500, function() {
            $$box.css('backgroundColor','white');
            console.log( 'end - ' + elements[index] );
            // go to next element, or first element if at end
            index = ++index % (elements.length);
            animate(elements, index);
        } );
    }).css('backgroundColor', 'aqua');
}