Patch jQuery fadeTo() to Bring Back the Dead

published:

2009.05.14

topics:

javascript

Well, maybe not bringing back the dead exactly, but I did patch the jQuery function fadeTo() to bring back elements after hide() or fadeOut() were called on them.

Just paste this in your JavaScript after you load jQuery:

/**
 * Fix jQuery fadeTo() so it can bring back something after hide() or fadeOut()
 */
(function ($) {
    var proxied = $.fn.fadeTo;
    $.fn.fadeTo = function() {
        if ($(this).is(':hidden')) {
            $(this).css('opacity', 0).show();
        }
        
        return proxied.apply(this, arguments);
    }
})(jQuery);

I'd like to just see them fix this in the library itself, so I submitted a ticket.

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