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Delay jQuery fadeIn due to unwanted behavior

How do I make my .right-menu DIV to fadein only after a couple of moments the mouse is hovering its parent .right-menu-background ? The thing is that when you move the cursor quickly in and out, .right-menu DIV is reappearing a lot of times after.
How do I delay animation for few ms?
Here's the code:
$(function(){
$(".right-menu-background").hover(function(){
$(this).find(".right-menu").fadeIn();
}
,function(){
$(this).find(".right-menu").fadeOut();
}
);
});

a easy fix is to use .stop()
$(function () {
$(".right-menu-background").hover(function () {
$(this).find(".right-menu").stop(true, true).fadeIn();
}, function () {
$(this).find(".right-menu").stop(true, true).fadeOut();
});
});
using timer
$(function () {
$(".right-menu-background").hover(function () {
var el = $(this).find(".right-menu");
var timer = setTimeout(function(){
el.stop(true, true).fadeIn();
}, 500);
el.data('hovertimer', timer);
}, function () {
var el = $(this).find(".right-menu");
clearTimeout(el.data('hovertimer'))
el.stop(true, true).fadeOut();
});
});

Use the stop() function in front of fading calls ...stop(true, true)
With those two parameters set to true, the animation queue is cleared and the last animation is played this will get ride of the weird effect
$(this).find(".right-menu").stop(true, true).fadeIn();

Use .delay() function.
Here is the code:
$(function(){
$(".right-menu-background").hover(function(){
$(this).find(".right-menu").delay(800).fadeIn(400);
},function(){
$(this).find(".right-menu").fadeOut(400);
});
});
Check the demo here: http://jsfiddle.net/Mju7X/

Starting jquery fadeToggle hidden

I want to use fadeToggle to fade in and out some images automatically. It's working, but all the images start 'faded in', and I would like them to start invisible, so that they appear one by one. Thanks in advance!
$(function () {
function run_animation($element, delay, duration) {
$element.delay(delay).fadeToggle(duration, function () {
run_animation($element, delay, duration);
});
}
run_animation($('.pointer1'), 2000, 1000);
run_animation($('.pointer2'), 2500, 1000);
run_animation($('.pointer3'), 3000, 1000);
run_animation($('.pointer4'), 3500, 1000);
run_animation($('.pointer5'), 4000, 1000);

Did you try by hiding images using CSS? Try display:none and if required you can call animation after show().

Fading Latest News Ticker

I'm looking to get the most efficient way to produce a latest news ticker.
I have a ul which can hold any number of li's and all I need to to loop through them fading one in, holding it for 5 seconds and then fading it out, one li at a time. The list is displaying with an li height of 40px and the well it displays in is also 40px which with overflow: hidden which produces the desired effect. Also to be able to hold the li in place if the cursor hovers over it while its being displayed would be great to build it.
I know there is the jQuery ticker plugin that is widely used (ala the old BBC style) but I've tried to use it and it seems so bulky for the simplicity I need and it plays havoc with the styling I use.
I've been using this so far:
function tickOut(){
$('#ticker li:first').animate({'opacity':0}, 1000, function () {
$(this).appendTo($('#ticker')).css('opacity', 1); });
}
setInterval(function(){ tickOut () }, 5500);
But it doesn't actually fade in the next li so the effect is a bit messy.
If someone could suggest some alternations to help produce the effect I need that would be so useful.
Thanks

hide() and call fadein() the element after it becomes the top of the list.
function tickOut(){
$('#ticker li:first').animate({'opacity':0}, 1000, function () {
$(this).appendTo($('#ticker'))
$('#ticker li:first').hide()
$('#ticker li:first').fadeIn(1000)
$('#ticker li:not(:first)').css('opacity', '1')
});
}
setInterval(function(){ tickOut () }, 5500);
see:
http://codepen.io/anon/pen/lHdGb

I woudl do it like that:
function tickOut(){
$('#ticker li:first').animate({'opacity':0}, 1000, function () {
$(this).appendTo($('#ticker')).css('opacity', 1); });
}
var interval;
$(function() {
interval = setInterval(function(){ tickOut () }, 5500);
$('#ticker').hover(function() {
if(interval)
clearInterval(interval);
$('#ticker li:first').stop();
$('#ticker li:first').css('opacity', 1).stop();
}, function(){
interval = setInterval(function(){ tickOut () }, 5500);
});
});
See $('#ticker').hover which clears interval and stops animation and returns opacity to 1 when mouse got inside UL (may be changed to do that when only some special element inside LI is under mouse) and starts it again once it left that UL. Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/KFyzq/6/

interrupt fadeTo function

Is there a way to interrupt the fadeTo animation on mouseover? For example: In the below code when someone hovers OFF "slider$controls" they fade to .1 opacity at 1750ms, but when you hover ON them they fade to 1 opacity at 500ms. If someone were to hover OFF of them and before the 1750ms was up they hovered back on them, slider$controls would not fade back to 1 opacity until the 1750ms was up which makes it appear unresponsive.
$(function () {
var fadeDelay = 4000,
// hide after 3 second delay
timer, hideControls = function (slider) {
clearTimeout(timer);
setTimeout(function () {
slider.$controls.hover(function () {
$(this).fadeTo(500, 1.0);
}, function () {
$(this).fadeTo(1750, 0.1);
});
}, fadeDelay);
};
});

You need to use jQuery's .stop function:
$(function () {
var fadeDelay = 4000,
// hide after 3 second delay
timer, hideControls = function (slider) {
clearTimeout(timer);
setTimeout(function () {
slider.$controls.hover(function () {
$(this).stop(1,1).fadeTo(500, 1.0);
}, function () {
$(this).stop(1,1).fadeTo(1750, 0.1);
});
}, fadeDelay);
};
});
What this does is stops the current animations, and jumps to the final result before starting the next animation.

You can use .stop() to clear animations from the queue/stop the current animation.
Best use it like this:
$(function () {
var fadeDelay = 4000,
// hide after 3 second delay
timer, hideControls = function (slider) {
clearTimeout(timer);
setTimeout(function () {
slider.$controls.hover(function () {
$(this).stop(true,false).fadeTo(500, 1.0);
}, function () {
$(this).stop(true,false).fadeTo(1750, 0.1);
});
}, fadeDelay);
};
});
This will clear the queue, so all animations are stopped and then start the animation from where the element has been stopped.

If you call the stop method on the element it will stop all animations.

.hover( function() {
$( this ).stop().fadeTo( 500, 1.0 );
}, function() {
$( this ).stop().fadeTo( 1750, 0.1 );
});

How to get image to pulse with opacity with JQuery

I am trying to get an image to change opacity smoothly over a duration of time. Here's the code I have for it.
<script type="text/javascript">
pulsem(elementid){
var element = document.getElementById(elementid)
jquery(element).pulse({opacity: [0,1]},
{ duration: 100, // duration of EACH individual animation
times: 3, // Will go three times through the pulse array [0,1]
easing: 'linear', // easing function for each individual animation
complete: function() { alert("I'm done pulsing!"); }
})
</script>
<img src="waterloo.png" onmouseover="javascript:pulsem("waterloo")" border="0" class="env" id="waterloo"/>
Also, is there a way for this to happen automatically without the need of a mouseover? Thanks.

I'm assuming your code is for the jQuery pulse plugin: http://james.padolsey.com/javascript/simple-pulse-plugin-for-jquery/
If your above code is not working, then fix "jquery" to be "jQuery".
For starting it on page load, just do:
jQuery(function() {
jQuery('#yourImageId').pulse({
opacity: [0,1]
}, {
duration: 100, // duration of EACH individual animation
times: 3, // Will go three times through the pulse array [0,1]
easing: 'linear', // easing function for each individual animation
complete: function() {
alert("I'm done pulsing!");
}
});
Add an id to your image and you're golden.
});

To fire the animation of your own accord:
pulsate( $('#waterloo') );
revised code to continually pulsate (wasn't sure if this was what you're after) - the pulsate effect is relegated to it's own function so you can call it directly or in your event handler
<script type="text/javascript">
$(function() { // on document ready
$('#waterloo').hover( //hover takes an over function and out function
function() {
var $img = $(this);
$img.data('over', true); //mark the element that we're over it
pulsate(this); //pulsate it
},
function() {
$(this).data('over', false); //marked as not over
});
});
function pulsate(element) {
jquery(element).pulse({opacity: [0,1]}, // do all the cool stuff
{ duration: 100, // duration of EACH individual animation
times: 3, // Will go three times through the pulse array [0,1]
easing: 'linear', // easing function for each individual animation
complete: function() {
if( $(this).data('over') ){ // check if it's still over (out would have made this false)
pulsate(this); // still over, so pulsate again
}
}});
}
<img src="waterloo.png" border="0" class="env" id="waterloo"/>
Note - to trigger events, you can use .trigger() or the helper functions, like
$('#waterloo').mouseover() // will fire a 'mouseover' event
or
$('#waterloo').trigger('mouseover');

this might be what you're looking for.
http://www.infinitywebcreations.com/2011/01/how-to-create-a-throbbingpulsing-image-effect-with-jquery/

I personally do something like this to pulse when the mouse hovers over the image and return to full opacity on mouse out...
$(document).ready(function () {
function Pulse(Target, State) {
//Every 750ms, fade between half and full opacity
$(Target).fadeTo(750, State?1:.5, function() {Pulse(Target, !State)});
}
$("#ImageId").hover(function () {
$(this).stop()
Pulse(this);
}, function () {
$(this).stop(false, true).fadeTo(200, 1); //200ms to return to full opacity on mouse out
});
});