We already attempt to do this, internally, If we encounter an element that we need to show we create a temporary one and figure out the display type of that element (and use that, instead).
It should be noted that animating the height or width of a table, in general, is a bad idea (they behave strangely and generally don't follow CSS-related conventions very well). Animating a container that holds a table is probably better. --John On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 3:33 PM, James An <ja...@jamesan.ca> wrote: > > The display CSS property is always set to Block when invoking show() > or when the element's dimensions are changed (i.e. by setting height > or width, or by using a show effect like slideDown). > > Instead of always settings display to Block to show the element, I'm > proposing that display be set to the value most appropriate for the > element. If the element is a table, display should be set to "table". > This would display the non-block elements more accurately, as they > would appear without a "display: block" constraint. > > For example, tables that go through jQuery show/hide changes are > displayed as blocks instead of tables, which include a line break > before and after the table. It's a minor example, but it affects the > seamless animation that I think jQuery is known for. > > I'm aware that neither IE6 nor IE7 support most of the display values, > but IE8 fully supports all the display values specified by CSS 2.1. I > don't know if they render as they should though, as IE is known to > render some things its own way. I suppose a work-around for IE6/7 > would be to continue to setting display as block for everything since > most other values are unsupported. > > Yes/no? > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "jQuery Development" group. To post to this group, send email to jquery-dev@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to jquery-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-dev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
