scrollLeft not working IE 8, FF5 when element is hidden

[anonymous]

When using the .scrollLeft method or using the animate method with the scrollLeft option when the element is hidden doesn't work in IE8 or FF5.

NOTE: This does work in IE7.

Here is a link to the fiddle: ​http://jsfiddle.net/Q46B3/2/

[Timmy Willison]

​http://jsfiddle.net/timmywil/Q46B3/4/

This may just be a needsdocs as the behavior seems to be consistent across the modern browsers.

[addyosmani]

Confirmed as consistent across modern browsers. I think as per timmywil's suggestion this should be documented.

[Timmy Willison]

I'll mark this as open as it is probably worth looking into what is different about IE6/7.

[addyosmani]

Docs for this have been updated. ​http://api.jquery.com/scrollLeft/ (could be expanded/improved)