That's probably because you're using the "first-child" of the <tr>,
which is just the first <td>.
Maybe you intended to do:
$(".ajax").slideDown('slow')
?
I'm not sure of its effects for a tr though compared to a div.
On Feb 12, 4:43 pm, Mark Steudel <msteu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a table that is setup with a tbody tag.
>
> If I run the following:
>
> $("#recent_activity tbody").prepend( '<tr class="ajax"><td
> colspan="7">Testing this func</td></tr>' );
>
> I get a new row spanning 7 columns
>
> If I prepend this:
> $("#recent_activity tbody").prepend( '<tr style="display:none"
> class="ajax"><td colspan="7">Testing this func</td></tr>' );
>
> Then try to show it, with something like:
> $(".ajax:first-child").slideDown('slow').fadeIn('slow');
>
> I only get the first cell showing up. Why does this happen?
