[jQuery] Re: Removing element from DOM after animate

So is there a way I can execute the slide-fade effect, then remove the
element from DOM after the animation?

On Jul 31, 12:06 pm, waseem sabjee <waseemsab...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> here is a chain of animation
> $(this).parents(".leftbox:first")
>  .animate({opacity: 0.5}, 350)
>  .animate({opacity: 0}, 350)
>  .remove();
>
> you are actually chaining your events to occur one after the other on a
> specific element or group of elements
>
> in the first piece of code you shared you. it would want to remove the
> element as it animates, not after.
>
> On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 5:59 PM, bittermonkey <brakes...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Please tell me why the remove() doesn't work from this call:
> > $(this).parents(".leftbox:first").animate({height:"hide",
> > opacity:"hide"}, 350, "", function(){$(this).remove()});
>
> > while this one works:
> > $(this).parents(".leftbox:first").animate({height:"hide",
> > opacity:"hide"}, 350).remove();
>
> > Thanks in advance.