Most likely it's because the padding and margin properties are not animated: http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-dev/browse_thread/thread/5c990ab32a8ef733/f92692bb578495b6?show_docid=f92692bb578495b6
On Nov 26, 9:27 pm, "Todd Stuart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I am using .show() and on a div object. In both IE and FF the display starts > out nice and smooth and then seems to stutter at the end of the show. I have > tried using .show("fast"), .show("slow") also, but with the same results. > Does anyone know a fix to this? > > Thanks, > TS