I'm trying to fade in a hidden element based on the href
attribute of a clicked link but I can't figure out how, I tried this:
http://jsfiddle.net/vengiss/Zhn2W/
But for some reason $(textBlock)
just returns an empty object.
Thanks in advance!
You are using this
(which refer to the clicked anchor) instead of the intended element to find the text blocks. Try using #text-blocks > div
selector instead:
// Fade out any visible text blocks
$('#text-blocks > div').fadeOut('normal', function() {
// Fade in selected text block
$(textBlock).fadeIn();
});
This is a working jsfiddle of it.
EDIT:
Also you may want to avoid fadding in and out the already chosen element and in that case use .not()
:
// Fade out any visible text blocks
$('#text-blocks > div').not(textBlock).fadeOut('normal', function() {
// Fade in selected text block
$(textBlock).fadeIn();
});
This is a working jsfiddle of this edition.