The second argument for the load() function is "data", not "callback":
http://docs.jquery.com/Ajax/load#urldatacallback
Do this instead:
$("span#mycontent").load("mytext.txt", {}, function(){
// callback code here
});
-Dan
On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 5:51 AM, geegler <jkp_fb_st...@myvws.net> wrote:
>
> How come this code doesn't work?
>
> $("span#myinfo").mouseover(function(){
> $("span#mycontent").load("mytext.txt",function(){
> var soffset = $(this).offset();
> var stop = soffset.top;
> var ihgt = $("div#footer").css("height");
> var mtop = $("div#mydiv").css("top");
> var mhgt = $("div#mydiv").outerHeight() + 50;
> var ntop = stop - mhgt;
> $("div#mydiv").css("top",ntop);
> $("div#mydiv").fadeIn("slow");
> });
> });
>
> This version works but, I don't want to display the div element until
> the small text file has completed loading.
>
> $("span#myinfo").mouseover(function(){
> $("span#mycontent").load("mytext.txt");
> var soffset = $(this).offset();
> var stop = soffset.top;
> var ihgt = $("div#footer").css("height");
> var mtop = $("div#mydiv").css("top");
> var mhgt = $("div#mydiv").outerHeight() + 50;
> var ntop = stop - mhgt;
> $("div#mydiv").css("top",ntop);
> $("div#mydiv").fadeIn("slow");
> });
>
