Animated gif no longer animated on jquery .show()

Question

As far as I can tell this only affects IE 8.

Using the following code, the gif appears but is not animated (stuck in one position):

$("#<%=assessmentListLinkClientID() %>").click(function(){
        $("#assessmentListLoaderImg").show();
    });

I've also used .css('display', 'block') with the same results.

Is there an accepted way (perhaps better than this) that produces reliable cross-browser results for showing an animated gif?

Answer 1

It appears this is the way to solve this issue:

<div id='myHiddeDiv' style='display:none'> 
<img src='' id='myAnimatedImage'> 
</div> 
<input type='button' value='show image' onclick='showDiv();'> 

<script languag='javascript'> 
function showDiv() 
{ 
document.getElementById('myHiddeDiv').style.display =""; 
document.getElementById('myAnimatedImage').src = "http://www.nowhere.com/animatedGif.gif"; 
} 
</script> 

You need to re-set the src of the image tag, this forces IE to render it again and hence show it animated.