Assigining CSS property in animate() via external variable fails

[riddle]

var part = 'left'; for testing purposes only var margin_variable = 'margin-' + part;

this works: $element.stop().animate({

'margin-left': '-100px', 'opacity': '1.0'

}, 100);

this won't work: $element.stop().animate({

margin_variable: '-100px', 'opacity': '1.0'

}, 100);

[snover]

Resetting milestone to future.

[dmethvin]

var args = { opacity: '1.0' };
args['margin-'+part] = '-100px';
$element.stop().animate(args, 100);

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