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Menu animation slide from top function

I would like to add a menu like the one in this demo site Here
it drops down from the top of the page as you can see and i would like to know if this was done with only CSS3 or .
If someone can show me a simple function so i can go off it that would be nice!
EDIT: ok i found the code snippet for it I think , i still want to know if this is a good way to do it , and if someone can make this more simple, seems like a lot of code just for that
var isUp = false;
var navHeight = $('#navContainer').height();
var hideHeight = navHeight - 50;
$('#arrowLink a').click(function(e){
e.preventDefault();
navHeight = $('#navContainer').height();
hideHeight = navHeight - 50;
$('.tooltip').remove();
if(!isUp){
$(this).find('img').attr('src',template_directory+'/images/menu_hide_arrow_bottom.png');
$(this).find('img').attr('title',showNav);
$( "#navContainer" ).animate({
top: '-='+ hideHeight + 'px'
}, 500, "swing", function() {
isUp = true;
});
}else{
$(this).find('img').attr('src',template_directory+'/images/menu_hide_arrow_top.png');
$(this).find('img').attr('title',hideNav);
$( "#navContainer" ).animate({
top: "0"
}, 500, "swing", function() {
isUp = false;
});
if($('body').hasClass('body_show_content'))
{
$('#mainContainer').fadeIn();
}
}
});`

Yes, it can be done. You can use css transition/keyframes and a click event.
Code
html
<div id="container hidden">Something</div>
css
#container {
postion:fixed;
-webkit-transition: all 2s;
transition: all 2s;
}
.hidden {
top: -25px;
}
js
$('#container').click(function(){
$(this).toggleClass('hidden');
});
Explanation
Your menu is fixed at the top of the page. Whenever you toggle the button that displays/hides it, you can add a css class that changes the position of the element. Because you have transition on the element, it will animate to that new location. This can also be done using keyframes instead of transition to have more control.
css transition
css keyframes

If you want to achieve this using pure css, you need to make use of transition effect. Check out the fiddle which gives a fair idea of something similar.
FIDDLE

Using a jquery slider for text instead of images?

This may be a little too specific, but I have a jquery slider that I am using <p> classes instead of images to cycle through customer quotes. Basically the problem I am running into right now is when it is static and non moving (JS code is commeneted out) they are aligned how I want them to be. As soon as the JS is un commented, they stretch out of view and you just see a white box?
Any ideas?
How I want each panel to look like:
jsfiddle

So I sort of made this my Friday project. I've changed a whole lot of your code, and added a vertical-align to the quotes and authors.
Here's the fiddle http://jsfiddle.net/qLca2fz4/49/
I added a whole lot of variables to the top of the script so you could less typing throughout.
$(document).ready(function () {
//rotation speed and timer
var speed = 5000;
var run = setInterval(rotate, speed);
var slides = $('.slide');
var container = $('#slides ul');
var elm = container.find(':first-child').prop("tagName");
var item_width = container.width();
var previous = 'prev'; //id of previous button
var next = 'next'; //id of next button
Since you used a % based width I'm setting the pixel widths of the elements in case the screen is reszed
slides.width(item_width); //set the slides to the correct pixel width
container.parent().width(item_width);
container.width(slides.length * item_width); //set the slides container to the correct total width
As you had, I'm rearranging the slides in the event the back button is pressed
container.find(elm + ':first').before(container.find(elm + ':last'));
resetSlides();
I combined the prev and next click events into a single function. It checks for the ID of the element targeted in the click event, then runs the proper previous or next functions. If you reset the setInterval after the click event your browser has trouble stopping it on hover.
//if user clicked on prev button
$('#buttons a').click(function (e) {
//slide the item
if (container.is(':animated')) {
return false;
}
if (e.target.id == previous) {
container.stop().animate({
'left': 0
}, 1500, function () {
container.find(elm + ':first').before(container.find(elm + ':last'));
resetSlides();
});
}
if (e.target.id == next) {
container.stop().animate({
'left': item_width * -2
}, 1500, function () {
container.find(elm + ':last').after(container.find(elm + ':first'));
resetSlides();
});
}
//cancel the link behavior
return false;
});
I've found mouseenter and mouseleave to be a little more reliable than hover.
//if mouse hover, pause the auto rotation, otherwise rotate it
container.parent().mouseenter(function () {
clearInterval(run);
}).mouseleave(function () {
run = setInterval(rotate, speed);
});
I broke this in to its own function because it gets called in a number of different places.
function resetSlides() {
//and adjust the container so current is in the frame
container.css({
'left': -1 * item_width
});
}
});
//a simple function to click next link
//a timer will call this function, and the rotation will begin :)
And here's your rotation timer.
function rotate() {
$('#next').click();
}

It took me a little bit, but I think I figured out a few things.
http://jsfiddle.net/qLca2fz4/28/
First off, your console was throwing a few errors: first, that rotate wasn't defined and that an arrow gif didn't exist. Arrow gif was probably something you have stored locally, but I changed the 'rotate' error by changing the strings in the code here to your actual variables.
So, from:
run = setInterval('rotate()', speed);
We get:
run = setInterval(rotate, speed);
(No () based on the examples here: http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/met_win_setinterval.asp)
But I think a more important question is why your text wasn't showing up at all. It's because of the logic found here:
$('#slides ul').css({'left' : left_value});
You even say that this is setting the default placement for the code. But it isn't..."left_vaule" is the amount that you've calculated to push left during a slide. So if you inspect the element, you can see how the whole UL is basically shifted one slide's worth too far left, unable to be seen. So we get rid of 'left_value', and replace it with 0.
$('#slides ul').css({'left' : 0});
Now, there's nothing really handling how the pictures slide in, so that part's still rough, but this should be enough to start on.
Let me know if I misunderstood anything, or if you have any questions.

So, a few things:
1) I believe you are trying to get all of the lis to be side-by-side, not arranged up and down. There are a few ways to do this. I'd just make the ul have a width of 300%, and then make the lis each take up a third of that:
#slides ul {
....
width: 300%;
}
#slides li {
width: calc(100% / 3);
height:250px;
float:left;
}
2) You got this right, but JSFiddle automatically wraps all your JS inside a $(document).ready() handler, and your function, rotate needs to be outside, in the normal DOM. Just change that JSFiddle setting from 'onload' to 'no wrap - in head'
3) Grabbing the CSS value of an element doesn't always work, especially when you're dealing with animating elements. You already know the width of the li elements with your item_width variable. I'd just use that and change your code:
var left_indent = parseInt($('#slides ul').css('left')) - item_width;
$('#slides ul').animate({'left' : left_indent}, 1500, function () {
to:
$('#slides ul').stop().animate({'left' : -item_width * 2}, 1500, function () {
4) Throw in the .stop() as seen in the above line. This prevents your animations from overlapping. An alternative, and perhaps cleaner way to do this, would be to simply return false at the beginning of your 'next' and 'prev' functions if #slides ul is being animated, like so:
if ($('#slides ul').is(':animated')) return false;
And I think that's everything. Here's the JSFiddle. Cheers!
EDIT:
Oh, and you may also want to clearInterval at the beginning of the next and prev functions and then reset it in the animation callback functions:
$('#prev').click(function() {
if ($('#slides ul').is(':animated')) return false;
clearInterval(run);
$('#slides ul').stop().animate({'left' : 0}, 1500,function(){
....
run = setInterval('rotate()', speed);
});
});

Javascript hide and show a div in a loop for a text "blink" effect

I recently wanted to make a element in a div with the ID of "test" to have a "blink" effect like most text editors have where the cursor is hidden and then shown, then hidden and shown....(in a loop) I tried to recreate this effect but just couldn't get it to work. Please help!
Here is some code:
<div id="test">
<p> _ </p>
</div>

Something like this?
setInterval(function(){
$("#test p").toggle();
},3000);
blinks every 3 seconds.

Here's a concise, pure JavaScript way.
blink = setInterval(function () {
element = document.querySelector("#test p");
element.style.opacity = (element.style.opacity == 1 ? 0 : 1);
}, 500);
If you want to stop it, run clearInterval(blink).
Here's a working fiddle.

FIDDLE
setInterval(function(){
$("#test p").toggle();
},300);

Here is an example using Javascript
setInterval(function(){
var elem = document.querySelector("#test p");
if(isVisible(elem)) {
elem.style.display = 'none';
} else {
elem.style.display = 'block';
}
},500);
function isVisible(elem) {
return elem.offsetWidth > 0 || elem.offsetHeight > 0;
}
(Though knouroozi's answer will stop the contents from shifting around, so I'd suggest that.)
With JQuery it becomes simpler:
setInterval(function(){
$('#test p').toggle();
},500);
(stckrboy's answer covers toggling visibility, rather than 'display', which will prevent the content from shifting around.)

Here's an example using jQuery and setInterval
$(".crsr").each(function(){
var elem=$(this);
setInterval( function() {
if(elem.css('visibility')=='hidden') {
elem.css('visibility','visible')
} else {
elem.css('visibility','hidden')
}
},500)
});
jSFiddle

Throwing my approach into the ring. :) Set up a class that changes the visibility to hidden and then use setInterval and toggleClass to toggle the class off and on.
HTML
<div id="blinkingText">
Blink for me!
</div>
CSS
<style>
.blinkOn {visibility: hidden;}
</style>
JS
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){
setInterval(function() {
$("#blinkingText").toggleClass("blinkOn");
},1000);
});
</script>

change css of body on mouseover

I want to get an highlighting effect on some various div container while the rest of the site should be dampened down in opacity including the background-image.
Any idea?
Why does this code not work? tried .hover() instead of .mouseover() too but the function won't react on any input...
$(function () {
$('body').mouseover(function () {
$('body').prop({
"background-color": "red";
});
});
});
Another try would be to set a frame around the body tag in the html and then set props to that frame while the hovered frame is in normal state but I have no idea how to do this. Just beginning with js dev. :)
EDIT: did a fail...
$(function () {
$('body').mouseover(function () {
$('body').css({
"opacity": "0.3";
});
});
});
should be that way...
any way to apply the opacity to the background image too?!

fiddle Demo
Use .css()
Set one or more CSS properties for the set of matched elements.
$(function () {
$('body').mouseover(function () {
$(this).css({
"background-color": "red"
});
//or $(this).css("background-color","red");
});
});
this
.prop()
Set one or more properties for the set of matched elements.

.prop() will set the property for a particular element. In your case you have to use .css() to set the style. Please read .prop() and .css() to see the difference.
Try this,
$(function(){
$('body').mouseover(function(){
$(this).css({"background-color":"red"});
});
});
DEMO

Here's a FIDDLE
body {
background: gray;
min-height: 1000px; /* For demo purposes */
}
css
$(function() {
$('body').on('mouseover', function() {
$(this).css({ backgroundColor: 'red' });
});
});
animate
$(function() {
$('body').on('mouseover', function() {
$(this).animate({ backgroundColor: 'red' }, 600);
});
});
*Note: For some reason it doesn't work with jQuery 1.x(edge).

I think this is what you might want: a "dim" DIV element that adds a semi transparent black box on the entire page, that puts itself "below" the DIV you want to highlight, and then some javascript to turn it off and on, and rearrange the z indexes. The HTML would look something like this:
this is some text
<div id="div1" class="dimmable">hello</div>
<div id="div2" class="dimmable">goodbye</div>
<div id="dim"></div>
And then the JS:
$('div.dimmable').hover(function() {
$(this).css('z-index', 101);
$('#dim')
.css('z-index', 100)
.width($(window).innerWidth())
.height($(window).innerHeight())
.fadeIn();
}, function() {
var dimmable = $(this);
$('#dim').fadeOut({complete: function() {
dimmable.css('z-index', 99);
}});
});
You can see it working here.
A slight catch: the DIVs need to have position:relative, otherwise you can't change their z-indexes and you can't put them on top of the "dim" DIV. Also, anything with a higher z-index will not stay behind the "dim", of course, but you can just use higher numbers as a workaround.

javascript - position not being set properly on page load

I am creating a coverflow plugin but I have a slight problem when it first loads.
The size/styles of the images is set based on their position in the coverflow. When the page first loads the images all resize properly but they do not reposition themselves. If I them use the left and right navigation they work correctly.
I am not sure what is causing this. I thought it might be something to do with the variable that sets the starting position of the coverflow...
Here's my code:
<script type="text/javascript" src="/scripts/jquery-ui.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
var coverflowPos = Math.round($('#coverflow img').length / 2)
$('#coverflow img').each( function(i) {
$(this).css({'opacity' : 1-(Math.abs(coverflowPos-i)*0.4), 'z-index' : 100-(Math.abs(coverflowPos-i)) }).width(200-(Math.abs(coverflowPos-i)*50)).height(128-(Math.abs(coverflowPos-i)*50));
});
// If I run the testme() function here, it animates to the right place but I want it to start in this position rather than animate to it
$('#moveLeft').click( function() {
if(coverflowPos > 1) {
coverflowPos = coverflowPos-1
}
testme();
});
$('#moveRight').click( function() {
if(coverflowPos < $("#coverflow img").length -1) {
coverflowPos = coverflowPos+1
}
testme();
});
function testme() {
$('#coverflow img').each( function(i) {
$(this).animate({
opacity: 1-(Math.abs(coverflowPos-i)*0.4),
width: 200-(Math.abs(coverflowPos-i)*50),
height: 128-(Math.abs(coverflowPos-i)*50)
}, {
duration: 500,
easing: 'easeInOutSine'
}).css({ 'z-index' : 100-(Math.abs(coverflowPos-i)) });
});
};
});
</script>
And here's a link to a jsfiddle:
http://jsfiddle.net/r8NqP/4/

Calling testme() at the end of the ready() function moves them into place. It does ease them in though, which looks a bit odd, could get rid of the ease in testme() by adding a doease parameter.

Check you fist each :
'z-index' : 100-(Math.abs(coverflowPos-i)) }).width(200-(Math.abs(coverflowPos-i)*50)).height(128-(Math.abs(coverflowPos-i)*50));
I think U mean:
'z-index' : 100-(Math.abs(coverflowPos-i)),
'width' : 200-(Math.abs(coverflowPos-i)*50),
'height': 128-(Math.abs(coverflowPos-i)*50)
Linke In your testme() function ?!
After that, you can also add a "Hack", by executing testme(true); at the end of script.
And add, in your testme() function , a test parameter to set the duration at 0 or simply disable animate and replace by CSS().
But, it just a Hack.

200-(Math.abs(coverflowPos-i)*50) may be less than 0 -- e.g.,
200-(5-0)* 50= 200 - 250 = -50
And the negative width ends up not being applied, leaving the width at its original 200px value. The opacity gets set properly, so all you get is a huge blank space where the image is.
var width = 200-(Math.abs(coverflowPos-i)*50);
if ( width < 0 ) width = 0;
covers the init nicely.
I haven't bothered to check why it's okay once it's animated -- my guess is, that the images were already small, so it's not as noticeable.

The problem came from "Each index", that not correctly used to compute the Width and Height of the first image.
Try this :
$('#coverflow img').each( function(i) {
i++;
$(this).css({...
And remove the Blank.gif...
Here, you find my fork fiddle : http://jsfiddle.net/akarun/FQWQa/