I am using the following code to open and close a div ( slide up/down ) using js
I have the slide down event attached to a button and the slide up event sttached to
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$("#myButton").toggle(function(){
$("#content").slideDown();
$(this).val("Slide up ↑");
},function(){
$("#content").slideUp();
$(this).val("Slide down ↓")
});
Online demo: http://jsfiddle.net/amosrivera/AYWku/
Demo with span: http://jsfiddle.net/amosrivera/AYWku/1/