You could simply use the slideToggle() method, so it would be something like this:
$('#myElement').slideToggle('fast'); And to check if an element is hidden you can use this: if ( $('#myElement').is(':hidden') ) alert('It is hidden!'); On 6/15/08, fallingandlaughing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello, > > I have what seems like a pretty basic question about the slideDown/ > slideUp effects, but I'm new-ish to jquery and haven't been able to > find a way to do what I'm after. Is there any way to reverse the > default slideDown/slideUp behavior--so that, when the content is > revealed, it slides upward, and when it is hidden, it slides downward? > I going for something kind of like the pop-up bubble effect achieved > in this tutorial: http://jqueryfordesigners.com/coda-popup-bubbles/ > But instead of the opacity transition and the upward "puff," I'd like > the panel to just smoothly slide upward. > > Thanks in advance for any suggestions or advice! > > Erik > -- Isaak Malik Web Developer