When a user clicks the button, the div in question will:
When the user clicks the button again, the div will:
Here is an example where the fadeIn and fadeOut is happening at the right time but there is no slide effect before and after the fadeIn and fadeOut respectively
http://jsfiddle.net/tkRGU/1/
Also there is this option which has the slideToggle function but does not have the fadeIn and fadeOut occuring after and before the slide respectively.
http://jsfiddle.net/MY8DD/7/
This will work:
HTML:
<a href="#" onclick="toggleSlider();">toggle</a>
<div id="panelThatSlides" style="display:none;background:#eee;padding:10px;">
<div id="contentThatFades" style="opacity:0;filter:alpha(opacity=0);">
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</div>
</div>
Javascript:
function toggleSlider() {
if ($("#panelThatSlides").is(":visible")) {
$("#contentThatFades").animate(
{
opacity: "0"
},
600,
function(){
$("#panelThatSlides").slideUp();
}
);
}
else {
$("#panelThatSlides").slideDown(600, function(){
$("#contentThatFades").animate(
{
opacity: "1"
},
600
);
});
}
}
For IE just make sure there is a background color behind the content for cleartype.