have you tried setting a longer duration (or just the 'slow' attrib)
to see if that cures the jumpyness?
On May 22, 2:51 pm, Liam Byrne <l...@onsight.ie> wrote:
> It has worked for me by just setting a single value in the CSS and using
> a single value in the animate function; as I said, the only issue I
> encountered was that FF, Chrome & Safari "jumped" as if I'd simply set
> the value.
>
> Maybe that's related to what you're seeing, but it "works" on some level
> without giving an error
>
> Liam
>
> Jason Persampieri wrote:
> > The problem occurs when trying to determine the 'start' value.
> > getComputedStyle explodes 'padding' into its four individual
> > components. If you want to animate padding (or margin), you either
> > have to specify each one in the first argument, or explicitly set the
> > initial padding on the element (as opposed to via a stylesheet).
>
> > On May 21, 12:16 pm, Liam Byrne <l...@onsight.ie> wrote:
>
> >> Maybe I'm wrong, but I think
>
> >> myElement.animate( {padding: 12px} )
>
> >> won't work anyway ? Shouldn't it be
>
> >> myElement.animate( {padding: 12} )
>
> >> That said, tests here show that only IE & Opera offer a smooth animation
> >> - the others (FF, Chrome & Safari) seem to jump
>
> >> L
>
> >> Jason Persampieri wrote:
>
> >>> (Firefox 3.0.10, OS X)
>
> >>> I am setting a padding value via a stylesheet and trying to animate it
> >>> -
>
> >>> - CSS
> >>> myElement { padding: 20px }
>
> >>> - Javascript
> >>> myElement.animate( {padding: 12px} )
>
> >>> When calculating the start padding value, jQuery calls
> >>> 'getComputedStyle'. Unfortunately,
>
> >>> computedStyle.padding = ""
> >>> computedStyle.padding-top = "20px"
> >>> computedStyle.padding-right = "20px"
> >>> computedStyle.padding-bottom = "20px"
> >>> computedStyle.padding-left = "20px"
>
> >>> and the call to 'getPropertyValue' returns an empty string (which is
> >>> translated to 0px).
>
> >>> Would this be considered a jQuery or Firefox issue?
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