jquery .show('slow') direction?

jquery show direction
Moon picture Moon · Aug 17, 2011 · Viewed 54.2k times · Source

Is it possible to change direction of $("selector").show('slow') and hide('slow') effects in jQuery?

I can define directions for other effects such as slide and clip, but there's no option for show or hide('slow')

Answer

tandrewnichols picture tandrewnichols · Oct 5, 2012

I can't respond directly to the comments on Norman Joyner's post (not enough rep), but I think you are confused about what 'slow' is. Slow is not an effect like 'slide.' 'Slow' is the speed of the effect. So you should be able to specify

$(this).hide("slide", {direction: "right" }, "slow");

You can't put a direction directly on "slow."

EDIT: Oh, I think I know what you are asking. The default effect on "hide" appears to be "blind." According to this - http://docs.jquery.com/UI/Effects/Blind - the only directions you can specify on blind are horizontal and vertical. Horizontal goes from right to left and vertical from bottom to top. If you want the reverse of those, you'll have to use animate().

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