Question

So basically what I am trying to achieve is,

• when people click on first image, the rest will slide and fade, then the content loads up,
• when people close, it will be back into 4 images,
• when people click on 2nd image; images 1, 3 and 4 will slide and fade out, content shows up and so on.

I tried to play around with Jquery, and still ended up with zero result.

Here is the link:
http://homethai.com.au/testing/test.swf

Answer 1

This (with a bit of trial and error) is actually possible mostly through CSS, with plain JavaScript used only to toggle the class names (when a block is clicked and when a close link is clicked).

If .block.active in the CSS is replaced with .block:hover so that each block will expand on hover, and the close links (and styles) are removed, then no JS is required at all.

• Demo
• Fiddle
• Fiddle without displaying code, much less cramped

HTML:

<div class="block">
    <div class="closelink">X</div>
</div>
<div class="block">
    <div class="closelink">X</div>
</div>
<div class="block">
    <div class="closelink">X</div>
</div>
<div class="block">
    <div class="closelink">X</div>
</div>

CSS:

body {
    text-align: center
}
.block {
    display: inline-block;
    position: relative;
    width: 60px;
    height: 60px;
    background: #08f;
    margin: 50px;
    cursor: pointer;
    border-radius: 8px;
    -moz-border-radius: 8px;
    -webkit-border-radius: 8px;
    transition: margin 1s;
    -moz-transition: margin 1s;
    -webkit-transition: margin 1s;
    -o-transition: margin 1s;
    -ms-transition: margin 1s;
    user-select: none;
    -moz-user-select: none;
    -webkit-user-select: none
}
.block .closelink {
    position: absolute;
    width: 20px;
    height: 20px;
    right: -20px;
    top: -20px;
    visibility: hidden;
    font-size: 14px;
    font-family: Segoe UI, Tahoma, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;
    background: #ccc;
    border-radius: 4px;
    -moz-border-radius: 4px;
    -webkit-border-radius: 4px
}
.block.active {
    margin-left: 200px;
    margin-right: 200px
}
.block.active .closelink {
    visibility: visible
}

JavaScript:

window.addEventListener('load', init, false);
function init() {
    var blocks = document.getElementsByClassName('block');
    var closeLinks = document.getElementsByClassName('closelink');
    for(i = 0; i < blocks.length; i++) {
        blocks[i].addEventListener('click', blockClicked, false);
    }
    for(i = 0; i < closeLinks.length; i++) {
        closeLinks[i].addEventListener('click', closeLinkClicked, false);
    }
}
function blockClicked(e) {
    var blocks = document.getElementsByClassName('block');
    for(i = 0; i < blocks.length; i++) {
        blocks[i].className = 'block';
    }
    e.target.className = 'block active';
}
function closeLinkClicked(e) {
    e.stopPropagation();
    e.target.parentElement.className = 'block';
}