Question

This is how I made the sliding effect on this page: dmg-01.net:

$(document).ready(function(){
  $(".trail-text").attr("style", "display:none;");
  if ($("#one,#two,#three,#four,#five")) {
    var pixies = $("#one,#two,#three,#four,#five");
    $("#one,#two,#three,#four,#five").hover( function() { 
      $(this).find(".trail-text").slideDown("fast"); 
    }, function() { 
      $(this).find(".trail-text").slideUp("fast"); 
    });
  };
});

I would like to improve it because it’s not as graceful as I want. I think it would be better if only one slide effect occur at the same time with no overlapping.

On the other hand, I tried to accomplish the same effect this way:

$(function(){
  $("#one,#two,#three,#four,#five").each(function(){
    $(this).hover(function(){
      $(this).animate({height: "100%", width: "100%"}, {queue:false, duration:111});
    },function() {
      $(this).animate({height: "44px", width: "44px"}, {queue:false, duration:333});
    });
  });
});

I discarded it because I don’t know how to set “auto” for height and the content inside the “hidden” elements are visible outside the element.

How can this be improved?

According to my purpose, I prefer to animate with CSS properties the descendants of the elements. This is how I tried to do it but it isn’t working. Why?

$(document).ready(function(){
$(".trail-text").attr("style", "display:none;");
if ($(".#one,#two,#three,#four,#five")) {
$("#one,#two,#three,#four,#five").hover(
function() { $(this).find(".trail-text").animate({height: "100%", width: "444px"}, {queue:false, duration:111}); },
function() { $(this).find(".trail-text").animate({height: "0", width: "444px"}, {queue:false, duration:333}); }
);
};
});

Answer 1

Finally, I improve the effect with this trick.

However, I would have preferred .animate instead of .slideDown/Up so I can add CSS properties. Anyway, the animation is smooth and I’m satisfied. Thank you for your advice and improvements!