.animate() bug in IE 6,7,8

[gpk_urmc]

There is a bug with calling .animate() under certain circumstances in IE 6,7, and 8.

You can see an example on this page:
 http://codecanyon.net/item/paradigm-slider-jquery-plugin/full_screen_preview/829647

Mouse over, then out of the "Dark Style" slider.

An error occurs in jquery.js at line 8988 character 5. In jQuery source, this is Line 8826:
fx.elem.style[ fx.prop ] = fx.now + fx.unit;

The call stack goes back to this call:
e.cssAnimate({left:0-g.slideFactorX+"px",top:0-g.slideFactorY+"px"},{duration:200,queue:false});

where obj.slideFactorX and obj.slideFactorY are both zero.

[rwaldron]

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[anonymous]

This is not a bug.

I had this issue, when I calculated .animate() properties based on some css values. In IE6-8, those values were simply set to "auto", while in other browsers they were "0px".

I solved this by explicitly setting the needed style property in css file.

[brian@…]

I would argue that it should still be considered a bug. If frameworks like jQuery are meant to simplify development, that means providing standard responses across platforms and browsers (something jQuery has done a remarkably good job with, considering). If we go back to the old days of accepting browser-specific hacks, then what is the point of all this?

[dmethvin]

@brian, patches are always welcome. It will give you a chance to explore the complexity of determining dimensions in oldIE.

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