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jQuery Simple Animation, restart when finished

In the attached code, I am animating a div from left to right. How can I animate it every three seconds, then restart when it's reached the end (so it looks seemless)?

HTML:
            <div class="frame">
                  <div class="subframe">
                        <div id="slide" class="slide" style="margin-left: 0px;"><span>Lorem ipsum</span><br />dolor lorem</div>
                  </div>
            </div>

CSS:
                  .frame { overflow: hidden; width: 468px; height: 60px; background: url('bg2.jpg'); }
                  .subframe { width: 309px; overflow: hidden; }
                  .slide { font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; padding: 5px; margin-top: 8px; text-align: center; width: 309px; line-height: 18px; }
                  .slide span { font-weight: bold; font-size: 16px; }

Javascript:

$(document).ready(function() {
	$(function(){
		$("#slide").animate({marginLeft:'+=309px'},{ duration: 1000, queue: false });				   
	});
});

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Gurvinder Pal Singh

check the complete method option of animate method
http://api.jquery.com/animate/

EMB01

ASKER

Thank you but it doesn't seem to restart, it just stays where it is moved. I want to scroll three different texts. Probably, three DIVs inside the "#slide" div.

Gurvinder Pal Singh

okay in the animate method, reset the margin left

$(document).ready(function() {

animate();
});

function animate()
{
$("#slide").css("marginLeft","0px");
$("#slide").animate({marginLeft:'+=309px'},{ duration: 1000, queue: false }, function(){
animate();
});
}

EMB01

ASKER

It still doesn't restart. Feel free to use my code to test.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC 
  "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
  "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
	<head>
		<title>Blank XHTML 1 Transitional Page</title>
		<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.6.4/jquery.min.js"></script>
		<script type="text/javascript">
			$(document).ready(function() {
				   
				  animate();
			});

			function animate()
			{
						$("#slide").css("marginLeft","0px");
						$("#slide").animate({marginLeft:'+=309px'},{ duration: 1000, queue: false }, function(){
								  animate();
						   });                              
			}
		</script>
		<style type="text/css">
			.frame { overflow: visible; width: 468px; height: 60px; background: url('bg2.jpg'); }
			.subframe { width: 309px; height: 50px; overflow: visible; }
			.slide { font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; padding: 5px; margin-top: 8px; text-align: center; width: 309px; line-height: 18px; }
			.slide div { float: left; width: 309px; background: red; }
			.slide div span { font-weight: bold; font-size: 16px; }
		</style>
	</head>
	<body>
		<button id="clicky">slide it</button>
		<div class="frame">
			<div class="subframe">
				<div id="slide" class="slide" style="margin-left: 0px;">
					<div><span>Lorem ipsum</span><br />dolor lorem</div>
					<div><span>Lorem ipsum</span><br />dolor lorem</div>
					<div><span>Lorem ipsum</span><br />dolor lorem</div>
				</div>
			</div>
		</div>
	</body>
</html>

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Gurvinder Pal Singh

this one is working for me

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC 
  "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
  "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
	<head>
		<title>Blank XHTML 1 Transitional Page</title>
		<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.6.4/jquery.min.js"></script>
		<script type="text/javascript">
			$(document).ready(function() {
				   
				  animateIt();
			});

			function animateIt()
			{
						//alert($("#slide").css("margin-left"));
						$("#slide").css("margin-left","0px");
						$("#slide").animate({marginLeft:'+=309px'}, 1000, animateIt);                              
			}
		</script>
		<style type="text/css">
			.frame { overflow: visible; width: 468px; height: 60px; background: url('bg2.jpg'); }
			.subframe { width: 309px; height: 50px; overflow: visible; }
			.slide { font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; padding: 5px; margin-top: 8px; text-align: center; width: 309px; line-height: 18px; }
			.slide div { float: left; width: 309px; background: red; }
			.slide div span { font-weight: bold; font-size: 16px; }
		</style>
	</head>
	<body>
		<button id="clicky">slide it</button>
		<div class="frame">
			<div class="subframe">
				<div id="slide" class="slide" style="margin-left: 0px;">
					<div><span>Lorem ipsum</span><br />dolor lorem</div>
					<div><span>Lorem ipsum</span><br />dolor lorem</div>
					<div><span>Lorem ipsum</span><br />dolor lorem</div>
				</div>
			</div>
		</div>
	</body>
</html>

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EMB01

ASKER

That only moves it the first time, but it needs to move three times; please try my updated code.

Problem is, I can't reset it...

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC 
  "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
  "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
	<head>
		<title>Blank XHTML 1 Transitional Page</title>
		<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.6.4/jquery.min.js"></script>
		<script type="text/javascript">
			$(document).ready(function() {
				   
				  animate();
			});

			function animate()
			{
						$("#slide").css("marginLeft","-618px");
						var $count = 0;
						setInterval(function() {
							if ($count < 3) {
								$("#slide").animate({marginLeft:'+=309px'},{ duration: 1000, queue: false }, function(){
									$count++;
									animate();
								});
							} else {
								$("#slide").css("marginLeft","-927px");
								$count = 0;
							}
						}, 3000);
			}
		</script>
		<style type="text/css">
			.frame { overflow: visible; width: 468px; height: 60px; background: url('bg2.jpg'); }
			.subframe { width: 309px; height: 50px; overflow: visible; }
			.slide { font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; padding: 5px; margin-top: 8px; text-align: center; width: 927px; line-height: 18px; }
			.slide span { float: left; width: 309px; background: red; }
			.slide span span { font-weight: bold; font-size: 16px; }
		</style>
	</head>
	<body>
		<button id="clicky">slide it</button>
		<div class="frame">
			<div class="subframe">
				<div id="slide" class="slide" style="margin-left: 0px;">
					<span><span>Lorem ipsum</span><br />dolor lorem</span>
					<span><span>Lorem ipsum</span><br />dolor lorem</span>
					<span><span>Lorem ipsum</span><br />dolor lorem</span>
				</div>
			</div>
		</div>
	</body>
</html>

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Gurvinder Pal Singh

<<That only moves it the first time>>
Which browser have you tested on? here it is moving since i have posted you...unlimited times

EMB01

ASKER

I'm testing on firefox. I got it finally, but you helped me, so I'll give you points :) Thank you.

finished code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC 
  "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
  "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
	<head>
		<title>Blank XHTML 1 Transitional Page</title>
		<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.6.4/jquery.min.js"></script>
		<script type="text/javascript">
			$(document).ready(function() {
				   
				  animate();
			});

			function animate()
			{
						$("#slide").css("marginLeft","-618px");
						var $count = 0;
						setInterval(function() {
							if ($count < 2) {
								$("#slide").animate({marginLeft:'+=309px'},'slow', function(){
									$count++;
								});
							} else {
								$("#slide").css("marginLeft","-927px");
								$("#slide").animate({marginLeft:'+=309px'},'slow', function(){
									$count = 0;
								});
							}
						}, 3000);
			}
		</script>
		<style type="text/css">
			.frame { overflow: visible; width: 468px; height: 60px; background: url('bg2.jpg'); }
			.subframe { width: 309px; height: 50px; overflow: visible; }
			.slide { font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; padding: 5px; margin-top: 8px; text-align: center; width: 927px; line-height: 18px; }
			.slide span { float: left; width: 309px; background: red; }
			.slide span span { font-weight: bold; font-size: 16px; }
		</style>
	</head>
	<body>
		<button id="clicky">slide it</button>
		<div class="frame">
			<div class="subframe">
				<div id="slide" class="slide" style="margin-left: 0px;">
					<span><span>Lorem ipsum</span><br />dolor lorem</span>
					<span><span>Lorem ipsum</span><br />dolor lorem</span>
					<span><span>Lorem ipsum</span><br />dolor lorem</span>
				</div>
			</div>
		</div>
	</body>
</html>

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Gurvinder Pal Singh

thanks for the correct solution. Do you need any more help?

EMB01

ASKER

didnt provide actual solution but got me closer to doing so.