change slideToggle() behaviour to display:inline-block instead of display:block?

Question

my target slideToggle() div needs to be display:inline-block instead of display:block when it's open. Is there a way to change the jquery behavior here?

Edit:

i'm using jQuery 1.7.0 at the moment. Also, the <div> is initially at display:none and should expand to display:inline-block after a click on a link; but apparently the default state for slideToggle() in this situation is display:block ...

Solution 1

A little birdie told me...

$('#my-block').slideToggle('medium', function() {
    if ($(this).is(':visible'))
        $(this).css('display','inline-block');
});

Solution 2

Just try to hide your block via scripts (dont display:none via styles)

HTML

<div class="ib">inline-block</div> <a href="#" class="toggle">toggle this</a>

CSS

.ib{
    display:inline-block;
    background:red;
}

JavaScript

$(".ib").hide();
$(".toggle").bind("click", function(){
    $(".ib").slideToggle();
    return false;
})

example

Solution 3

I needed the display:flex for reordering elements with the order property. Changing to display:flex worked but it had to wait for the animation to complete to rearrange the elements, so there was a moment where everything looked clearly disordered.

What did the trick for me was using the start option (see doc):

$("your-selector").slideToggle({
  duration: 200,
  easing: "easeOutQuad",
  start: function() {
    jQuery(this).css('display','flex');
  }
});

Solution 4

If you find yourself seeing an unwanted "Flash of Unstyled Content" you could also use an inline style. The usual wisdom of "don't put style inline" is really meant for your main styling, not for visual effects (JS effects all just add inline styles after all).

Of course, the content won't be seen by JS-disabled search engine spiders, if that's important. If it's not important, you're good!

Update of @fliptheweb's fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/GregP/pqrdS/3/

Solution 5

Are you on an old version of jQuery? This should have been fixed already, see discussion here:

http://bugs.jquery.com/ticket/2185

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Comments

[iHaveacomputer]

Thanks, but i don't think this bug applies here - see my edit.

[Alex Peattie]

I see. In that case, I recommend @fliptheweb's solution

[Admin]

$('#my-block').slideToggle('medium', function() { if ($(this).is(':visible')) $('this').css('display','inline-block'); }); Minor edit.

[K. Weber]

Actually, it's easier to set CSS for #element as display: inline-block; (in <style> block or style sheet) and display: none; as style attribute of field. Then, when it toggles to visible it just takes default style defined

[tylerlindell]

I really like this answer best, the only issue that I had was using an ID instead of a Class. .hide() works great with classes though! Thank you!

[limeandcoconut]

I know this is pretty necro but could someone explain @K.Weber's comment in a little more depth?

[K. Weber]

It means use display:none as inline style attribute, this is, <div id="to_toggle" style="display:none"> and set a default style in css stylesheet (display:inline-block), this way, .slideToggle(), when the element turns visible, will take default style defined in stylesheet (display:inline-block)

[The Onin]

@K.Weber This doesn't work once DOM (modal window, for instance), has been closed with fadeToggle

[Fanky]

this didn't work for me, but the solution in @K.Weber's comment worked, wonder if it's cross-browser

[Abraham Brookes]

This worked great for me, although there is a little bit of a content-jump just before the opening animation finishes. Much more desirable than having all my slides animate closed on page load though, +1!

[GeorgeP]

Works perfectly. Thank you for this!