Question

I am trying to make an image slide out on hover and then slide back once they hover to a new link but I can’t seem to get it to work.

Here’s the JS

$(function() {
  $('#menu_seo > li').hover(
    function () {
        var $this = $(this);
        $('span',$this).stop().animate({
            'right':'70px'
        }).css({
            'zIndex':'10'
        });
    },
    function () {
        var $this = $(this);
        $('span',$this).stop().animate({
            'right':'-10px'
        }).css({
            'zIndex':'-1'
        });
    }
  );
});

and my CSS:

#menu_seo {
    position:relative;
}

ul#menu_seo li span {
    height:60px;
    width:15px;
    position:absolute;
    z-index:-1;
    cursor:pointer;
}

ul#menu_seo li span.arrowout1 {
    background-image:url(../arrow.png);
    top:8px;
    left:230px;
}

anyone see my problem here?

Answer 1

First of all you can not do this animation with z-index, you should create a mask area with css overflow:hidden property and hide the animating objects with position.

Second thing, you can not animate an object right when that object’s css got left property, this will create a conflict and won’t work. Position values must be accurate.

And i suggest you to use jQuery bind method, it is solid and you can use multiple events with this, like: click, hover, mouseenter, mouseleave.

Here is working jsFiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/ATPG9/11/

jQuery:

$('#menu_seo li').bind({
    mouseenter: function() {
        $(this).children('span').stop().animate({'right':'70px'},200);
    },
    mouseleave: function() {
        $(this).children('span').stop().animate({'right':'-50px'},200);
    }
});

css:

#left_aside {
    overflow:hidden;
    float:left;
    width:230px;
    height:900px;
    background-color:#f2dada;
}

ul#menu_seo li span    {
    height:50px;
    width:50px;
    position:absolute;
    cursor:pointer;
    right:-50px;
}