jquery: can i animate the position:absolute to position:relative?
No, you cannot animate it directly but you can find out the end point and animate the position there. Something like this might work when animation to the static
position:
$('img.foo').each(function() {
var el = $(this);
// Make it static
el.css({
visibility: 'hidden', // Hide it so the position change isn't visible
position: 'static'
});
// Get the static position
var end = el.position();
// Turn it back to absolute
el.css({
visibility: 'visible', // Show it
position: 'absolute'
}).animate({ // Animate to the static position
top: end.top,
left: end.left
}, function() { // Make it static
$(this).css('position', 'static');
});
});
It's a bit hacky, but it should work.