Be sure to grab jQuery 1.1.3.1 which only adds display: block when
absolutely necessary for animations.

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Brandon Aaron

On 7/24/07, GianCarlo Mingati <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


hi Dan thanks it seems a 'fundamental' tip.
i'll try that tomorrow.
i've noticed tho that jquery applies an inline style of display:block
to elements phaded or moved with the .animate method. am i right?
could be a 'problem?'
gc.


On Jul 24, 9:22 pm, "Dan G. Switzer, II" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> GianCarlo,
>
>
>
> >Hi.
> >The problem is with this newsticker i'm building for an intranet app
> >@work:
> >http://www.gcmingati.net/wordpress/wp-
> >content/lab/jquery/newsticker/beta/ticker-absolute.html
>
> >This ticker works, but i have to make two prototypes:
> >one with fading . done
> >one with continuous scrolling from right to left. not done (also it's
> >really "old-fashion" i prefer the phading one)
>
> >Follow me with this: if i get the data from the XML file, i wrap
> >everything (date in a span) and text (clickable, hence into an A tag)
> >in a very long P (paragraph, block element) and then move (animate)
> >that P from right to left and again as i reach an 'endpoint' it should
> >work. If only i could get the total amount of pixel of such P....
> >That's why i need the TOTAL width of my P even if i'm only 'seeing'
> >650 px of it.
> >Get it?
> >.width() does not work. it always returns the visible area. wich is
> >not good for my 'experiment'.
>
> You need to set the "p" element to "display: inline". That should allow
you
> to get the actual length. Also, I'd probably use <div /> tags instead of
> paragraph tags.
>
> Regardless of what tag you use, it'll need to have an inline display
model.
> So if it's a block style tag, you'll need to manually make it an inline
> element.
>
> -Dan


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