UpdatePanelAnimation helper in asp.net mvc

Question

I need to create a helper function for UpdatePanelAnimation extender from AjaxControlToolkit in asp.net mvc. I downloaded the toolkit and loaded the js files into my project.

Can someone please tell me how should I write this helper function and what all parameters are to be passed into it.

I am new to asp.net and mvc

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thanks for the reply. but we have to include more helper functions in mvc in the near future. so i need to implement this anyway.

Answer 1

Since you have jQuery, using UpdatePanel and UpdatePanelAnimation is not desired in ASP.NET MVC. You can use jQuery Animate method:

http://jqueryui.com/demos/animate/#source

First you call animate to hide panel, then you use post or get ajax method and in callback you call animate to come back to previous state. If you do it properly, it will look like UpdatePanelAnimation and have very nice looking code.