Question

I’m trying to get an animation to work when I delete a section of an accordion. Instead of just disappearing, I’d like it to do something super duper cool. How do I get animate to work in this instance? Thanks a bunch. Here is my JS:

$('document').ready(function(){
  $('#accordion .red').click(function(){

    $(this).parent('div').prev( 'h3' ).remove();
    $(this).parent('div').remove();
    $(this).parent('div').prev('div').animate("bounceslide");

    return false;
  });
});

And here is my HTML:

<div id="accordion">

    <h3><a href="#">Section 1</a></h3>
    <div class="squares">
            <a href="#" class="green">1</a>
            <a href="# "class="red">2</a>
            <a href="#" class="blue">3</a>  
            <p>
            Mauris mauris ante, blandit et, ultrices a, suscipit eget, quam. Integer
            ut neque. Vivamus nisi metus, molestie vel, gravida in, condimentum sit
            amet, nunc. Nam a nibh. Donec suscipit eros. Nam mi. Proin viverra leo ut
            odio. Curabitur malesuada. Vestibulum a velit eu ante scelerisque vulputate.
            </p>
    </div>

    <h3><a href="#">Section 1</a></h3>
    <div class="squares">
            <a href="#" class="green">1</a>
            <a href="# "class="red">2</a>
            <a href="#" class="blue">3</a>  
            <p>
            Mauris mauris ante, blandit et, ultrices a, suscipit eget, quam. Integer
            ut neque. Vivamus nisi metus, molestie vel, gravida in, condimentum sit
            amet, nunc. Nam a nibh. Donec suscipit eros. Nam mi. Proin viverra leo ut
            odio. Curabitur malesuada. Vestibulum a velit eu ante scelerisque vulputate.
            </p>
    </div>
</div>

Answer 1

There’s a bit of a flaw in your logic as it currently stands…
You call:

$(this).parent('div').remove();

And then:

$(this).parent('div').prev('div').animate("bounceslide");

Because $(this) no longer exists in the DOM (it was removed along with its’ parent), your above selector won’t work.

I would suggest using an animation callback to remove the accordion item after your super duper cool stuff.
Something like:

$('#accordion .red').click(function(){
  var $toRemove = $(this).parent('div').prev('h3');
      $toRemove = $toRemove.add($(this).parent('div'));

  $toRemove.animate({height:0}, 500, function(){
    // This is the callback.
    $toRemove.remove();
  });

  return false;
});

JSfiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/L9BXS/