That's exactly what I came across. I couldn't seem to understand it last night but I just needed the good ol get away from it and come back in the morning. Here is the simplest script I could write to accomplish what I wanted to do. I hope this saves someone some time. It works in IE and FF
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
p { position:relative; width:400px; height:90px; }
#me { position:absolute; width:400px; height:65px;
font-size:36px; text-align:center;
color:yellow; background:red;
padding-top:25px;
top:0; left:0; display:none; }
#you { position:absolute; width:400px; height:65px;
font-size:36px; text-align:center;
color:yellow; background:red;
padding-top:25px;
top:0; left:0; display:none; }
span { display:none; }
</style>
<script src="jquery.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<p>
Let it be known that the party of the first part
and the party of the second part are henceforth
and hereto directed to assess the allegations
for factual correctness... (<a href="#">click!</a>)
<div id="me"><span>CENSORED!</span></div>
</p><br /><br />
<a href="#" onclick="myFadeIn('#me')">blah</a>
<a href="#" onclick="myFadeOut('#me')">fade</a>
<br /><br />
<div id="you">test test test</div>
<script>
function myFadeIn(id) {
$(id).fadeIn(1000, function () {
$("span").fadeIn(100);
});
return false;
}//runMe
function myFadeOut(id) {
$(id).fadeOut("slow", function() {
// Animation complete.
});
}//fadeMe
</script>
</body>
</html>
