Question

Is it possible to animate the zoom animation

I’ve tried this but it is just the same as using the css property to set it.

$(this).animate({
    zoom: 0.5
}, 500);

Height animations work etc

Answer 1

Try this :

-moz-transform: scale(2); 
-webkit-transform: scale(2);
-o-transform: scale(2);

**, but currently you cannot animate them with basic jQuery.

However, you can use a jQuery plugin for that, like jquery.transform.js.

Please note the IE9 also supports the transform property, I found some info about it in this SO question.**