I'm trying to use Remy Sharp's Simple Spy (http://jqueryfordesigners.com/simple-jquery-spy-effect) with jQuery 1.5. It works fine with 1.4, but in 1.5 it does not load any additional comments after the first one disappears.
Can anyone see what needs to be updated in the code so it will work with 1.5?
$(function () {
$('ul.spy').simpleSpy();
});
(function ($) {
$.fn.simpleSpy = function (limit, interval) {
limit = limit || 4;
interval = interval || 4000;
return this.each(function () {
// 1. setup
// capture a cache of all the list items
// chomp the list down to limit li elements
var $list = $(this),
items = [], // uninitialised
currentItem = limit,
total = 0, // initialise later on
height = $list.find('> li:first').height();
// capture the cache
$list.find('> li').each(function () {
items.push('<li>' + $(this).html() + '</li>');
});
total = items.length;
$list.wrap('<div class="spyWrapper" />').parent().css({ height : height * limit });
$list.find('> li').filter(':gt(' + (limit - 1) + ')').remove();
// 2. effect
function spy() {
// insert a new item with opacity and height of zero
var $insert = $(items[currentItem]).css({
height : 0,
opacity : 0,
display : 'none'
}).prependTo($list);
// fade the LAST item out
$list.find('> li:last').animate({ opacity : 0}, 1000, function () {
// increase the height of the NEW first item
$insert.animate({ height : height }, 1000).animate({ opacity : 1 }, 1000);
// AND at the same time - decrease the height of the LAST item
// $(this).animate({ height : 0 }, 1000, function () {
// finally fade the first item in (and we can remove the last)
$(this).remove();
// });
});
currentItem++;
if (currentItem >= total) {
currentItem = 0;
}
setTimeout(spy, interval)
}
spy();
});
};
})(jQuery);
I've posted a copy of it on JSBin where you can see what happens:
http://jsbin.com/olutu3
Here's a working version with an older version of jQuery:
http://jqueryfordesigners.com/demo/simple-spy.html