jQuery slide left and show

Question

I extended the jQuery effects called slideRightShow() and slideLeftHide() with a couple functions that work similarly to slideUp() and slideDown() as seen below. However, I would also like to implement slideLeftShow() and slideRightHide().

I know there are substantial libraries that offer this type of thing (I'd like to avoid adding another large set of javascript files), but can anyone provide a simple example of how to implement either slideLeftShow() or slideRightHide()?

jQuery.fn.extend({
  slideRightShow: function() {
    return this.each(function() {
      jQuery(this).animate({width: 'show'});
    });
  },
  slideLeftHide: function() {
    return this.each(function() {
      jQuery(this).animate({width: 'hide'});
    });
  },
  slideRightHide: function() {
    return this.each(function() {
      ???
    });
  },
  slideLeftShow: function() {
    return this.each(function() {
      ???
    });
  }
});

The above slideRightShow function starts showing the image from the left side and it progresses toward the right side. I am looking for some way to do the same thing but start from the right side and progress toward the left. Thanks!

EDIT

jQuery Interface has something like I need (I basically need their "slide in right" and "slide out left" functions), but I couldn't get this to work with jQuery 1.3: http://interface.eyecon.ro/demos/ifx.html . Also, their demo seems to broken as well as it will only do a slide once before throwing a million errors.

Answer 1

This feature is included as part of jquery ui http://docs.jquery.com/UI/Effects/Slide if you want to extend it with your own names you can use this.

jQuery.fn.extend({
  slideRightShow: function() {
    return this.each(function() {
        $(this).show('slide', {direction: 'right'}, 1000);
    });
  },
  slideLeftHide: function() {
    return this.each(function() {
      $(this).hide('slide', {direction: 'left'}, 1000);
    });
  },
  slideRightHide: function() {
    return this.each(function() {
      $(this).hide('slide', {direction: 'right'}, 1000);
    });
  },
  slideLeftShow: function() {
    return this.each(function() {
      $(this).show('slide', {direction: 'left'}, 1000);
    });
  }
});

you will need the following references

<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"></script>
<script src="http://jquery-ui.googlecode.com/svn/tags/latest/ui/jquery.effects.core.js"></script>
<script src="http://jquery-ui.googlecode.com/svn/tags/latest/ui/jquery.effects.slide.js"></script>

Answer 2

Don't forget the padding and margins...

jQuery.fn.slideLeftHide = function(speed, callback) { 
  this.animate({ 
    width: "hide", 
    paddingLeft: "hide", 
    paddingRight: "hide", 
    marginLeft: "hide", 
    marginRight: "hide" 
  }, speed, callback);
}

jQuery.fn.slideLeftShow = function(speed, callback) { 
  this.animate({ 
    width: "show", 
    paddingLeft: "show", 
    paddingRight: "show", 
    marginLeft: "show", 
    marginRight: "show" 
  }, speed, callback);
}

With the speed/callback arguments added, it's a complete drop-in replacement for slideUp() and slideDown().

Answer 3

You can add new function to your jQuery library by adding these line on your own script file and you can easily use fadeSlideRight() and fadeSlideLeft().

Note: you can change width of animation as you like instance of 750px.

$.fn.fadeSlideRight = function(speed,fn) {
    return $(this).animate({
        'opacity' : 1,
        'width' : '750px'
    },speed || 400, function() {
        $.isFunction(fn) && fn.call(this);
    });
}

$.fn.fadeSlideLeft = function(speed,fn) {
    return $(this).animate({
        'opacity' : 0,
        'width' : '0px'
    },speed || 400,function() {
        $.isFunction(fn) && fn.call(this);
    });
}

Answer 4

And if you want to vary the speed and include callbacks simply add them like this :

        jQuery.fn.extend({
            slideRightShow: function(speed,callback) {
                return this.each(function() {
                    $(this).show('slide', {direction: 'right'}, speed, callback);
                });
            },
            slideLeftHide: function(speed,callback) {
                return this.each(function() {
                    $(this).hide('slide', {direction: 'left'}, speed, callback);
                });
            },
            slideRightHide: function(speed,callback) {
                return this.each(function() {  
                    $(this).hide('slide', {direction: 'right'}, speed, callback);
                });
            },
            slideLeftShow: function(speed,callback) {
                return this.each(function() {
                    $(this).show('slide', {direction: 'left'}, speed, callback);
                });
            }
        });