JQuery fade with loop and delay

Question

I have 2 Divs stacked on top of each other.

I need a really simple function that will:

a) Wait for 3 seconds and then b) FadeOut the top Div to reveal the se

Answer 1

Here's what you're looking for (I think). It uses an unordered-list, but you could switch it out for div's or just put your div's inside of the list items like I've done below.

Here's the jQuery...

$(document).ready(function() {

     var j = 0;
     var delay = 2000; //millisecond delay between cycles
     function cycleThru(){
             var jmax = $("ul#cyclelist li").length -1;
             $("ul#cyclelist li:eq(" + j + ")")
                     .animate({"opacity" : "1"} ,400)
                     .animate({"opacity" : "1"}, delay)
                     .animate({"opacity" : "0"}, 400, function(){
                             (j == jmax) ? j=0 : j++;
                             cycleThru();
                     });
             };

     cycleThru();

});

...and some starting css...

ul#cyclelist {width:200px;border:solid;position:relative;overflow:hidden;height:200px}
ul#cyclelist li {font-size:1.4em;padding:20px;opacity:0;position:absolute}

You already have your HTML, but in case you need an example...

<ul id="cyclelist">
  <li><div>First Div</div></li>
  <li><div>Second Div</div></li>
  <li><div>Third Div</div></li>
</ul>

I'd love to take credit for this, but it's straight from CSS-Tricks http://css-tricks.com/snippets/jquery/cycle-through-a-list/