fadeOut incorrectly sets display:none

[wichert]

fadeOut is document to only set modify the opacity. However a test with jQuery 1.2.6 shows that after having animated to an opaicty of 0 it sets a display:none on the element(s), which has many undesirable side effects.

[flesler]

I agree. Can you post about this to the jQuery dev group ?

[scott.gonzal]

I don't see how display: none is undesirable. I think this is the most commonly expected behavior.

[carpii]

You can work around this feature by using fadeTo("fast", 0);

This will fade the element, and set visibility to hidden, however it will leave 'display' intact and thus wont disrupt the flow of your document

[carpii]

However it works though, please can we update the api docs for fadeIn/fadeOut?

They do say it only affects opacity, and a brief google shows quite a few people are falling foul of the same assumption

[dmethvin]

I would think fadeOut sets display: none because otherwise the element would pass the :visible test. Or is it a bug that opacity: 0 is :visible?

[john]

This is definitely the intended behavior - and the docs are up to date, as well.