All, I noticed a difference with fadeIn() over show() that forced me to use show() when I wanted to use fadeIn()...
I have some elements in a div, and the background color of the div is different from the rest of the page so you know that these elements are grouped together. When the page loads, the display property of the elements is set to none. I use jQuery to conditionally display the elements when the DOM is ready and attach event handlers to other elements to conditionally hide and display others. When I use hide() or show() the height and width of the surrounding div are adjusted to the appropriate size to fit the elements that are visible. However, when I use fadeIn() the surrounding div does not change and elements toward the bottom appear to "spill over" the div in which they were meant to appear. Regards, Dan
