hi karl,
thank you for your support. it did the trick!
thanks again.
Shabith Ishan
On May 13, 6:01 pm, Karl Swedberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Shabith,
>
> I see a few things that might be causing a problem:
>
> 1. You add a comma after the last item in each object literal. These
> commas should be removed (FF is more forgiving of such errors):
>
> $('#contactform').animate({
> opacity:0,
> width:"0", // <-- remove comma
> },'slow',null,function(){
> $('#results').animate({
> opacity:100,
> width:"205px",
>
> background-image:"images/loading.gif", <-- remove comma
> },'slow');
>
> 2. Background image isn't a property that can be animated with
> the .animate() method (at least not without the color plugin).
> Furthermore, if you are going to refer to a background image in an
> object literal, you need to either put background-image in quotes or
> use the DOM term, backgroundImage, instead. Finally, background image
> value should be written like url(path/to/file.gif)
>
> 3. I don't think the "null" argument is necessary. Not sure if it
> would cause problems, but it probably doesn't need to be there.
>
> Hope that points you in the right direction.
> --Karl
> _________________
> Karl Swedbergwww.englishrules.comwww.learningjquery.com
>
> On May 13, 2008, at 4:40 AM, Shabith Ishan wrote:
>
> > hi!
>
> > Im new to jquery and my issue is jquery animate wont work in opera 9.
> > However its working perfectly on FF and Safari.
>
> > here is the code,
>
> > function ajaxpost()
> > {
> > var errors =
> > MM_validateForm('txtName','','R','txtEmail','','RisEmail');
> > if(errors)
> > {
> > //alert( 'The following error(s) occurred:<br />'+errors);
>
> > $('#contactform').animate({
> > opacity:0,
> > width:"0",
> > },'slow',null,function(){
> > $('#results').animate({
> > opacity:100,
> > width:"205px",
> > background-image:"images/loading.gif",
> > },'slow');
>
> > });
> > }
> > else
> > {
> > //alert('ss');
> > };
>
> > function MM_validateForm() { //v4.0
> > if (document.getElementById){
> > var
> > i,p,q,nm,test,num,min,max,errors='',args=MM_validateForm.arguments;
> > for (i=0; i<(args.length-2); i+=3) { test=args[i+2];
> > val=document.getElementById(args[i]);
> > if (val) { nm=val.name; if ((val=val.value)!="") {
> > if (test.indexOf('isEmail')!=-1) { p=val.indexOf('@');
> > if (p<1 || p==(val.length-1)) errors+='- '+nm+' must contain
> > an e-mail address.\n';
> > } else if (test!='R') { num = parseFloat(val);
> > if (isNaN(val)) errors+='- '+nm+' must contain a number.\n';
> > if (test.indexOf('inRange') != -1) { p=test.indexOf(':');
> > min=test.substring(8,p); max=test.substring(p+1);
> > if (num<min || max<num) errors+='- '+nm+' must contain a
> > number between '+min+' and '+max+'.\n';
> > } } } else if (test.charAt(0) == 'R') errors += '- '+nm+' is
> > required.\n'; }
> > } if (errors) document.MM_returnValue = (errors == '');
> > return(errors);
> > } }
> > };
>
> > thanks
