Summary

The sliding family of methods that we looked at over the course of the chapter are the last of jQuery's built-in, predefined animation methods. The methods we looked at in this chapter were:

• slideDown()

• slideUp()

• slideToggle()

We saw that these methods are very similar in how they are used to the other built-in jQuery effect methods, allowing us to specify the same arguments. All that differs is the actual effect. The techniques we learned in this chapter included:

• Showing elements that are hidden using slideDown()

• Hiding visible elements with slideUp()

• Toggling the visibility of elements with slideToggle()

• Adding easing to jQuery's built-in effects

• Using the :animated filter to test whether an element is currently being animated

• Fixing a common flickering issue with slide-down submenus

• How CSS affects sliding elements

We looked at how each of the sliding methods can be used, and also covered easing and how we can easily add these subtle but effective methods to enhance or otherwise...