JQuery .slideDown() is sliding up

Question

This works but I\'m not sure why. In function capIn(), in my mind the line $botcap.slideDown(\"slow\") should slide the div down. It slides it up.

Answer 1

This is because of positioning the element with absolute position and bottom: 0; This will actually treat the element as if it is bottom-based, therefore its slideDown() is going upwards. It can be fixed by using top: (height of element) instead of bottom: 0.