The first time through current_box will be undefined so it won't work. Try
changing the first line to var current_box = 'budgetpositionbox'; or
whatever you're going to have highlighted by default.
On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 8:23 AM, Heine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hello again!
>
> Maybe I'm not that good at C/P ... it won't work...
>
> I've put the
>
> " <script>
> var current_box;
> function transition_effect(new_box) {
> $(current_box).fade({duration: 0.2});
> $(new_box).appear({duration: 0.2});
> current_box = new_box;
> }
> </script>"
>
> (I assume that's how I'm supposed to do it?!?)
>
> just beneath my <body>-tag and have then replaced some of the <a href>
> on my page and have also changed the content of the
> onclick="transition_effect('researchthemepositionbox');
>
> Sadly, it's quite dead, I'm afraid ;-(
>
> /Heine
>
> On Jun 4, 3:07 pm, "Frederick Polgardy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Keep in mind I'm not checking for boundary conditions like the first time
> > you click a link... Just trying to get you started.
> >
> > On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 8:05 AM, Frederick Polgardy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > Store the currently selected item in a page variable and then write
> your
> > > transition function to use it:
> >
> > > var current_box;
> > > function transition_effect(new_box) {
> > > $(current_box).fade({duration: 0.2});
> > > $(new_box).appear({duration: 0.2});
> > > current_box = new_box;
> > > }
> >
> > > <a href="#" onclick="transition_effect('researchthemepositionbox');
> return
> > > false;">Research Theme</a>
> >
> > > Or something along those lines.
> >
> > > -Fred
> >
> > > On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 6:50 AM, Heine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > >> Hi all!
> >
> > >> My first post here, so: be gentle ;-)
> >
> > >> I have been playing around with the scriptaculous library for a while
> > >> now, and I must admit it is great. However, there is one thing that
> > >> I'm notable to achieve:
> >
> > >> On Apple computers website for ilife (iphoto)
> > >>http://www.apple.com/ilife/iphoto/
> > >> there is a verrrryyy nice fade effect going on when you click the
> > >> navigation for 'new in iPhoto '08', 'Organize by Events' etc.
> >
> > >> Is it possible to get this effect working with scriptaculous?
> >
> > >> So far, I've managed get things going part of the way with this ocde:
> >
> > >> "<a href="#" onmousedown="$('budgetpositionbox').fade({duration:0.2});
> > >> return false;" onmouseup="$
> > >> ('researchthemepositionbox').appear({duration:0.2}); return
> > >> false;">Research Theme</a>"
> >
> > >> Where the '...positionbox' is the <div> that fades in and out.
> >
> > >> BUT: my problem here is that I have to hard code things so that my
> > >> menu would be something like:
> >
> > >> - Budget
> > >> - Research Theme
> > >> - Basic Requirements
> > >> - Evaluation
> >
> > >> By default the page loads with the 'budget' layer displayed and the
> > >> others hidden!
> > >> When I click on 'Research Theme' as my example shows, I fade the
> > >> budgetpositionbox out and make the researchthempositionbox appear.
> >
> > >> Everything works well, as longs as I click the links in the above
> > >> listed order. But everything falls apart when I click the links at
> > >> random, obviously since everything is hard coded.
> >
> > >> My question to this group is: Is there a way for me to know that the
> > >> layer to fade out will always be the layer that I'm leaving, and how
> > >> can I pick that up en i.e. a variable of some sort?
> >
> > >> Have in mind that I'm not very skilled at JavaScript, but I'm very
> > >> good at copy/paste!!
> >
> > >> Thank you
> >
> > > --
> > > Science answers questions; philosophy questions answers.
> >
> > --
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> >
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