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I am trying to create an animation for showing div elements with different amount of content in them. The divs start with 0 height and width and the goal is to first expand the width and then calculate the scrollHeight so i can divide it by 2 and split the height animation as follows.



let t = modal.position().top;
let h = 0;
modal.animate({width: '60%'}, 'fast').queue(function (next){
h = this.scrollHeight / 2; // Calculate at this point!
next();
}).animate({height : h }, 'fast').animate({height: (h * 2), top: (t-h)}, 'fast');


This doesn't work the way I expected it. 2nd and 3rd animations consider h to be 0! Any ideas/help would be great.










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    I am trying to create an animation for showing div elements with different amount of content in them. The divs start with 0 height and width and the goal is to first expand the width and then calculate the scrollHeight so i can divide it by 2 and split the height animation as follows.



    let t = modal.position().top;
    let h = 0;
    modal.animate({width: '60%'}, 'fast').queue(function (next){
    h = this.scrollHeight / 2; // Calculate at this point!
    next();
    }).animate({height : h }, 'fast').animate({height: (h * 2), top: (t-h)}, 'fast');


    This doesn't work the way I expected it. 2nd and 3rd animations consider h to be 0! Any ideas/help would be great.










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      I am trying to create an animation for showing div elements with different amount of content in them. The divs start with 0 height and width and the goal is to first expand the width and then calculate the scrollHeight so i can divide it by 2 and split the height animation as follows.



      let t = modal.position().top;
      let h = 0;
      modal.animate({width: '60%'}, 'fast').queue(function (next){
      h = this.scrollHeight / 2; // Calculate at this point!
      next();
      }).animate({height : h }, 'fast').animate({height: (h * 2), top: (t-h)}, 'fast');


      This doesn't work the way I expected it. 2nd and 3rd animations consider h to be 0! Any ideas/help would be great.










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      I am trying to create an animation for showing div elements with different amount of content in them. The divs start with 0 height and width and the goal is to first expand the width and then calculate the scrollHeight so i can divide it by 2 and split the height animation as follows.



      let t = modal.position().top;
      let h = 0;
      modal.animate({width: '60%'}, 'fast').queue(function (next){
      h = this.scrollHeight / 2; // Calculate at this point!
      next();
      }).animate({height : h }, 'fast').animate({height: (h * 2), top: (t-h)}, 'fast');


      This doesn't work the way I expected it. 2nd and 3rd animations consider h to be 0! Any ideas/help would be great.







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          OK, apparently the way to go is via the callback:



          let t = modal.position().top;
          modal.animate({width: '60%'}, 'fast', 'linear', function(){
          let h = this.scrollHeight / 2;
          $(this).animate({height: h}, 'fast')
          .animate({height: (h * 2), top: (t - h)}, 'fast');
          });





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            OK, apparently the way to go is via the callback:



            let t = modal.position().top;
            modal.animate({width: '60%'}, 'fast', 'linear', function(){
            let h = this.scrollHeight / 2;
            $(this).animate({height: h}, 'fast')
            .animate({height: (h * 2), top: (t - h)}, 'fast');
            });





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              OK, apparently the way to go is via the callback:



              let t = modal.position().top;
              modal.animate({width: '60%'}, 'fast', 'linear', function(){
              let h = this.scrollHeight / 2;
              $(this).animate({height: h}, 'fast')
              .animate({height: (h * 2), top: (t - h)}, 'fast');
              });





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                OK, apparently the way to go is via the callback:



                let t = modal.position().top;
                modal.animate({width: '60%'}, 'fast', 'linear', function(){
                let h = this.scrollHeight / 2;
                $(this).animate({height: h}, 'fast')
                .animate({height: (h * 2), top: (t - h)}, 'fast');
                });





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                OK, apparently the way to go is via the callback:



                let t = modal.position().top;
                modal.animate({width: '60%'}, 'fast', 'linear', function(){
                let h = this.scrollHeight / 2;
                $(this).animate({height: h}, 'fast')
                .animate({height: (h * 2), top: (t - h)}, 'fast');
                });






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