Hey there guys, Im good with HTML and CSS but have only jsut started to scratch the surface of jQuery. I\'m looking to make 3 divs fade in on page load one after another. So
The fade in command contains a call back function, see documentation. This means you could chain the events.
<script type="text/javascript">
$('#1, #2, #3').hide();
$('#1').fadeIn(1500, function(){ $('#2').fadeIn(1500, function(){$('#2').fadeIn(1500)})});
</script>
Here is a cleaner and generic way to achieve this effect: check it out on http://jsfiddle.net/BztLx/20/
Logic trick relies on the callback functionality of the fadeIn
and using .eq()
as an iterator over the selected elements.
<html>
<head>
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
function sequentialFadeIn(selectorText, speed, display, callBack) {
display = typeof display !== 'undefined' ? display : "block";
var els = $(selectorText), i = 0;
(function helper() {
els.eq(i++).fadeIn(speed, helper).css("display", display);
if (callback && i === els.length) callback();
})();
}
sequentialFadeIn(".toBeFaddedIn", "slow", "inline-block", function() {
console.log("I am just an optional callback");
});
});
</script>
</head>
<body><style media="screen" type="text/css">
.hello {
background-color: blue;
height:50px;
width: 50px;
display: none;
}
</style>
<div class="hello toBeFaddedIn"></div>
<div class="hello toBeFaddedIn"></div>
<div class="hello toBeFaddedIn"></div>
<div class="hello toBeFaddedIn"></div>
<div class="hello toBeFaddedIn"></div>
</body></html>
Using the Delay function as following:
<script type="text/javascript">
$('#1').hide().fadeIn(1500);
$('#2').hide().delay(1500).fadeIn(1500);
$('#3').hide().delay(3000).fadeIn(1500);
</script>
You can .delay() each so the one before fades in at the right time, for example:
$("#1, #2, #3").hide().each(function(i) {
$(this).delay(i*1500).fadeIn(1500);
});
This fades them in...in the same order they occur in the page which is usually what you're after, the first is delayed 0 so it's instant, the second is delayed 1500ms (so when the first finishes, etc). In the .each() callback i
is the index, starting with 0 so you can use that to quickly calculate the right delay here.
Another advantage here is this approach is much easier to maintain, give them a class for example then you can just do:
$(".fadeMe").hide().each(function(i) {
$(this).delay(i*1500).fadeIn(1500);
});
Then you require zero maintenance on the JavaScript side to add additional <div>
elements to fade.
<script type="text/javascript">
$('#1').hide().fadeIn(1500, function(){
$('#2').hide().fadeIn(1500, function(){
$('#3').hide().fadeIn(1500);
});
});
</script>