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Posted by marvelousperson206
marvelousperson206
9,199 Points

Tips on fixing jQuery lag?

I have two footer icons on a page, and I've set up jQuery to image swap the icons when the user hovers over each icon. I've got this set up at the end of the page just before the closing body tag.

<script>
$('.twitter-icon').on({
  'mouseover' : function() {
    $(this).attr('src','images/twitter-blue_on.png');
  },
  'mouseout' : function() {
    $(this).attr('src','images/twitter-black_off.png');
  }
});
$('.treehouse-icon').on({
  'mouseover' : function() {
    $(this).attr('src','images/treehouse-green_on.png');
  },
  'mouseout' : function() {
    $(this).attr('src','images/treehouse-black_off.png');
  }
});
</script>

This works fine when I preview it, but once I actually made the site live, there is a noticeable time delay of about 1/2 second before the image swaps. Though after that first lag is out of the way they will swap instantly.

So I'm thinking there might be someone who knows how to get rid of that initial delay? It really bugs me! lol

1 Answer

danheffernan
danheffernan
10,004 Points

Rather than swapping the image itself, try creating an image sprite that contains both versions of the image (resting and hover state). Then set up your hover so it only has to move the positioning of the background image to the hover state. More info here

Jeff Lemay
Jeff Lemay
14,268 Points
Jeff Lemay
Jeff Lemay
14,268 Points

I second this. You should definitely use css for hover effects, whether you use an image sprite like Dan suggested or two separate images.

With an image sprite, you have your default and hover images on the same image/canvas. Then you set the background position to top for one and bottom for the other:

.icon-sprite {
   background-position: center bottom;
}
.icon-sprite:hover {
   background-position: center top;
}
marvelousperson206
marvelousperson206
9,199 Points

Thanks guys, I'm gonna try that out. I've used this (below) cross fade before but never sprites...

#cf {
  position:relative;
  height:281px;
  width:450px;
  margin:0 auto;
}

#cf img {
  position:absolute;
  left:0;
  -webkit-transition: opacity 1s ease-in-out;
  -moz-transition: opacity 1s ease-in-out;
  -o-transition: opacity 1s ease-in-out;
  transition: opacity 1s ease-in-out;
}

#cf img.top:hover {
  opacity:0;
}