Found the solution.
By using var params = {}; params[variable] = 100; animate(params);
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd";>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"; xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;
charset=utf-8"/>
<title>Test</title>
<script src="http://jqueryjs.googlecode.com/files/
jquery-1.3.2.min.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
<style type="text/css" media="screen">
img.move { position:absolute; top:50px; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/
3592/3457944882_a0456ee7eb.jpg?v=0" class="move" />
<a href="#" class="top">top</a>
<a href="#" class="left">left</a>
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
$(function(){
$('a').click(function(){
var getClass = $(this).attr('class');
var getWidth = $('img.move').outerWidth();
var direction = getClass==='top' ? 'top' :
'left';
var params = {};
params[direction] = getWidth;
$('img.move').animate(params);
console.log(direction);
});
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
On May 28, 2:28 pm, Nathan <nsear...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm trying to figure out how to use a variable as a css property.
>
> For example: $('.name').animate({variable : 100});
>
> I wrote up a quick example script. My goal is to switch the animation
> direction depending on the link that you click. Either have the object
> animate from the left or top.
>
> Any ideas how this could be done? Or why this isn't working as
> expected?
>
> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
> "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd";>
>
> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"; xml:lang="en" lang="en">
> <head>
> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
>
> <title>Test</title>
>
> <script src="http://jqueryjs.googlecode.com/files/
> jquery-1.3.2.min.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
>
> <style type="text/css" media="screen">
> img.move { position:absolute; top:50px; }
> </style>
> </head>
>
> <body>
>
> <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/
> 3592/3457944882_a0456ee7eb.jpg?v=0" class="move" />
>
> <a href="#" class="top">top</a>
> <a href="#" class="left">left</a>
>
> <script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
> $(function(){
> $('a').click(function(){
> var getClass = $(this).attr('class');
> var getWidth = $('img.move').outerWidth();
> var direction = getClass==='top' ? 'top' : 'left';
>
> $('img.move').animate({direction : getWidth});
>
> console.log(direction);
> });
> });
> </script>
> </body>
> </html>
