Append an element with fade in effect [jQuery]

Question

var html = \"
Hello stuff here
\"

$(\"#mycontent\").append(html).fadeIn(999);

This doesn\'t seem to work.

Answer 1

Adding a little more info:

jQuery implements "method chaining", which means you can chain method calls on the same element. In the first case:

$("#mycontent").append(html).fadeIn(999);

you would be applying the fadeIn call to the object which is target of the method chain, in this case #mycontent. Not what you want.

In @icktoofay's (great) answer you have:

$(html).hide().appendTo("#mycontent").fadeIn(1000);

This basically means, create the html, set it as hidden by default, append it to #mycontent and then fade it in. The target of the method chain now is hmtl instead of #mycontent.

Answer 2

since the fadeIn is a transition from hide to show, you'll have to hide the "html" element when you append it and then to show it.

var html = "<div id='blah'>Hello stuff here</div>"

$("#mycontent").append(function(){
  return html.hide();
});

$('#blah').fadeIn(999);

Answer 3

This also works

$(Your_html).appendTo(".target").hide().fadeIn(300);

Regards

Answer 4

$(html).hide().appendTo("#mycontent").fadeIn(1000);