Question

I am using the following jQuery. A div box slides up, and then after 5 seconds, fades out. Is there a way to achieve this as it takes a long time for the box to appear.

$(document).ready(function() {
  $("#load_limit").slideUp(500); //have tried "fast" also
  $("#load_limit").delay(5000);
  $("#load_limit").slideDown(500);
});

Answer 1

You can delay in the callback function:

$(document).ready(function() {
  $("#load_limit").slideUp(500, function() {
     $("#load_limit").delay(5000).slideDown(500);
  }); 
});

or you can just simplified it:

$(document).ready(function() {
  $("#load_limit").slideUp(500)
                  .delay(5000)
                  .slideDown(500);
});

Code: http://jsfiddle.net/xjEy5/2/