How to Use slideDown (or show) function on a table row?

Question

I\'m trying to add a row to a table and have that row slide into view, however the slidedown function seems to be adding a display:block style to the table row which messes

Answer 1

If you need to slide and fade a table row at the same time, try using these:

jQuery.fn.prepareTableRowForSliding = function() {
    $tr = this;
    $tr.children('td').wrapInner('
');
    return $tr;
};

jQuery.fn.slideFadeTableRow = function(speed, easing, callback) {
    $tr = this;
    if ($tr.is(':hidden')) {
        $tr.show().find('td > div').animate({opacity: 'toggle', height: 'toggle'}, speed, easing, callback);
    } else {
        $tr.find('td > div').animate({opacity: 'toggle', height: 'toggle'}, speed, easing, function(){
            $tr.hide();
            callback();
        });
    }
    return $tr;
};

$(document).ready(function(){
    $('tr.special').hide().prepareTableRowForSliding();
    $('a.toggle').toggle(function(){
        $button = $(this);
        $tr = $button.closest('tr.special'); //this will be specific to your situation
        $tr.slideFadeTableRow(300, 'swing', function(){
            $button.text('Hide table row');
        });
    }, function(){
        $button = $(this);
        $tr = $button.closest('tr.special'); //this will be specific to your situation
        $tr.slideFadeTableRow(300, 'swing', function(){
            $button.text('Display table row');
        });
});
});