Slide effect: Handle string values for distance. Fixes #6637 - Slide effect is jumpy...

Thanks Jeff Roush.

diff --git a/ui/jquery.effects.slide.js b/ui/jquery.effects.slide.js
index 5ada8a09a0c4d2e347fc28123f03682aa1c86c65..56d8452e17d57b4f9047e8c3a04eca7265320dba 100644 (file)
--- a/ui/jquery.effects.slide.js
+++ b/ui/jquery.effects.slide.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ $.effects.slide = function(o) {
                var ref = (direction == 'up' || direction == 'down') ? 'top' : 'left';
                var motion = (direction == 'up' || direction == 'left') ? 'pos' : 'neg';
                var distance = o.options.distance || (ref == 'top' ? el.outerHeight({margin:true}) : el.outerWidth({margin:true}));
-               if (mode == 'show') el.css(ref, motion == 'pos' ? -distance : distance); // Shift
+               if (mode == 'show') el.css(ref, motion == 'pos' ? (isNaN(distance) ? "-" + distance : -distance) : distance); // Shift
 
                // Animation
                var animation = {};