CSS/JS: Animate Inline Element Upon Text Change

Question

When an inline element\'s text changes, it is usually the case that its computed width or height changes as well.

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Answer 1

Here an Update: https://jsfiddle.net/ky3c5Lec/3/

$("div").on("click", function() {
    //get the current Dimensions, as Start-value for the animation
    var $this = $(this),
        sw = $this.width(),
        sh = $this.height();

    $this.text("New text");
    var tw = $this.width(),
        th = $this.height();

    $this.css({
        //since jQuery.animate() doesn't have sth. like Tween.from() 
        //we have to reset the styles to the initial values
        width: sw, height: sh
    }).animate({
        //and then animate 
        width: tw, height: th
    }, function(){
        //and when the animation is done, we clean up after ourselves
        $this.css({
            width: "", height: ""
        });
    })
});