Yes, it was solved! Thanks for the help everyone. I had to use a callback in the hoverout animate() function, so the z- index would actually be taken care of AFTER the animation ran:
$('span.resize').hover(function(){ //testing //$('#test').html(iWidth +','+ iHeight); $(this) .stop() .css('z-index','9') .animate({ width:$('span.resize img').width(), height:$('span.resize img').height() },1000) }, function(){ $(this) .stop() .animate({ width:oWidth, height:oHeight },1000, function(){ $(this) .css('z-index','1'); }); }); On Jan 10, 11:53 pm, "jQuery Lover" <ilovejqu...@gmail.com> wrote: > I guess this was solved in your later repost. > > Read jQuery HowTo Resource - http://jquery-howto.blogspot.com > > On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 12:05 PM, godzilla74 <justi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > I'm just learning jQuery and working on stuff for fun, but right now, > > I am stumped! I have a hover animation happening with 4 small > > images. Think of them as being in a small box with some padding to > > separate each image. These images are small and absolutely positioned > > so i could change the actual size. Just to make sure you know what I > > mean, here is the HTML & CSS: > > > <style> > > > /* the images are actually much larger, we just want to show a snippet > > */ > > span.resize{ > > width:100px; > > height:75px; > > overflow:hidden; > > padding:3px; > > } > > > span#pic1, span#pic2, span#pic3, span#pic4{ > > position:absolute; > > z-index:-1; > > } > > > span#pic1{ > > margin:0; > > } > > > span#pic2{ > > margin:0 0 0 110px; > > } > > > span#pic3{ > > margin:85px 0 0 0; > > } > > > span#pic4{ > > margin:85px 0 0 110px; > > } > > </style> > > </head> > > > <body> > > <span class="resize" id="pic1"><img src="images/flower1.jpg" /></ > > span> > > <span class="resize" id="pic2"><img src="images/flower2.jpg" /></ > > span> > > <span class="resize" id="pic3"><img src="images/flower2.jpg" / > >></span> > > <span class="resize" id="pic4"><img src="images/flower3.jpg" /></ > > span> > > </body> > > > When a user hovers over an image, it actually becomes larger and the z- > > index increases to make sure it displays over the other images (which > > works fine). However, upon the hover out state, the z-index seems to > > jump up in the chain and run before the animation! So, as the image > > is going back to it's normal (smaller) state, the other images around > > it show up in front as if they have a higher z-index than the hovered- > > out image. I don't understand why this is and I can't figure out how > > to fix it for the life of me! Any help would be much appreciated! > > Here is the jQuery I have thus far: > > > //original span.resize values that we set in the CSS > > var oWidth = $('span.resize').width(); > > var oHeight = $('span.resize').height(); > > > //hover over the span image to start the function > > $('span.resize').hover(function(){ > > $(this) > > .stop() > > .css('z-index','99') > > .animate({ > > width:$('span.resize img').width(), > > height:$('span.resize img').height() > > },1000) > > }, > > function(){ > > $(this) > > .css('z-index','1') > > .animate({ > > width:oWidth, > > height:oHeight > > },1000) > > }); > > }); > > > Thanks!