Question

I use ajax to present content on my website. When clicking in menu it opens stuff inside #content div. Here is my ajax code.

$(document).ready(function() {
    $('.menu li a').click(function(){
        var toLoad = $(this).attr('href')+' #content';
        $('#content').animate({"width": "0px"},'normal',loadContent);
        window.location.hash = $(this).attr('href').substr(0,$(this).attr('href').length-5);
        function loadContent() {
            $('#content').load(toLoad,'',showNewContent());
        }
        function showNewContent() {
            $('#content').animate({"width": "0px"},'fast');
            $('#content').animate({"width": "664px"},'fast');
        }
        return false;
    });
});

I want to use Fancybox lightbox effect (http://fancybox.net) inside my ajax content. Below is code needed normally for Fancybox.

    <script type="text/javascript" src="js/fancybox-1.3.4.pack.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        $(document).ready(function() {
            $("a#example4").fancybox({
                'opacity'       : true,
                'overlayShow'   : false,
                'transitionIn'  : 'elastic',
                'transitionOut' : 'elastic',
            });
        });
    </script> 

How can I get this working? Ajax call?

Answer 1

In the load callback handler should be a function pointer showNewContent() will right away call the function. Try this.

$(document).ready(function() {
    $('.menu li a').click(function(){
        var toLoad = $(this).attr('href')+' #content';
        $('#content').animate({"width": "0px"},'normal',loadContent);
        window.location.hash = $(this).attr('href').substr(0,$(this).attr('href').length-5);
        function loadContent() {
            $('#content').load(toLoad,'',showNewContent);
        }
        function showNewContent() {
            $("#example4").fancybox({
                'opacity'       : true,
                'overlayShow'   : false,
                'transitionIn'  : 'elastic',
                'transitionOut' : 'elastic',
            });
        }
        return false;
    });
});