jQuery animate on an image replacement

Question

Hey All

Hope you can advise I would like to add some simple fade in out of an image replacement which I have hooked into a select menu.ie,

$("#vehicle").change(function(){
    var selected = $(this).val();
    $("#selectedVehicle").attr('src', '/assets/images/mini/'+selected+'.png');
});

<img id="selectedVehicle" src="/assets/v2/images/select-vehicle.png">

any suggestions how I can do it?

Thanks in advanced

Answer 1

This will work best if you preload the images.

$("#vehicle").change(function(){
    var selected = $(this).val();
    var image = $("#selectedVehicle");
    image.fadeOut('fast', function () {
        image.attr('src', '/assets/images/mini/'+selected+'.png');
        image.fadeIn('fast');
    });
});

This will fade the image out, change the src, then fade it back in. Reference the jQuery docs for more information on the fading functions.

Again, you should preload your images, otherwise it might fade back while still loading.

Answer 2

I've gone for preloading the image on page load, rather than on the fly...:

$(document).ready(function () {
  function buildUrl(val) {
    return '/assets/images/mini/' + val + '.png';
  };

  $('#vehicle').change(function () {
    var value = $(this).val();

    $('#selectedVehicle').fadeOut('fast', function () {
      $(this).attr('src', buildUrl(value)).fadeIn('fast');
    });
  }).children('option').each(function () {
    var img = document.createElement("img");

    img.src = buildUrl($(this).val());
    img.onload = function () {};
  });
});