adding a variable

[ctoz]

It's a primitive bit of scripting, but it works:

function gray() {
$('.A1').animate({color:"#999"}, 400);
setTimeout('$(\'.A1\').animate({color:"#3a3d3f"}, 1600)', 600);
setTimeout('$(\'.A1\').fadeOut(\'100\')', 2600);
}

So, how to turn the class a variable? I'm halfway there with:

function gray(myclass) {
$(myclass).animate({color:"#999"}, 400);
setTimeout('$(myclass).animate({color:"#3a3d3f"}, 1600)', 600);
setTimeout('$(myclass).fadeOut(\'100\')', 2600);
}

called with
gray('.A1')

The first animation fires, but the second and third don't;
FF error console is saying " myclass is not defined " for the second and third lines, but not for the first.

I'm tinkering, but could do with some insight !

[daveVk]

either
setTimeout('$(\'' + myclass + '/').animate({color:"#3a3d3f"}, 1600)', 600);

or

setTimeout(function(){$(myclass).animate({color:"#3a3d3f"}, 1600)}, 600);

[ctoz]

Many thanks!

setTimeout(function()... works fine and I understand it. Not clear about the forward slash in the first option.

cheers!