jQuery slidedown doesn't work in H1 tag

Question

So just started learning jQuery. I can't seem to make it work. So I already linked my jQuery to my html document with the script tag:

<script type="text/javascript" src="script.js"></script>

I have a h1 titled ONE TWO THREE. Each word is attributed differently using <span> tags. What I want to try out is put a slidedown fucntion on the word ONE. So what am I missing here or doing wrong here? Is the fact that my h1 is position:fixed have to do something with this?

html:

<html>
<head>
    <title></title>
    <link rel='stylesheet'rel="stylesheet" href='style.css'/>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="script.js"></script>    
</head>

<body>
    <h1><span id="ONE">ONE</span><br><span id="TWO">TWO</span><br><span id="THREE">         THREE</span><br></h1>
</body>
</html>

css for h1:

h1 {position:fixed;
left:14px;
bottom:36px;
margin-bottom:15px;
line-height:40px;
}

css code for ONE:

#ONE {
  font-family:broadway;
  font-size:80px;
  color:#880303;
}

jQuery function for ONE:

$(document).ready(function() {
  $('#ONE').slideDown('slow');    
});

Turn off the Caps Lock please – sashoalm Dec 22 '13 at 17:49 — sashoalm, Dec 22 '13 at 17:49
Please fix the title of your post – talonmies Dec 22 '13 at 17:49 — talonmies, Dec 22 '13 at 17:49
Can you include your HTML code too? – Sylvain Defresne Dec 22 '13 at 17:49 — Sylvain Defresne, Dec 22 '13 at 17:49

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:19

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You've given your items fixed position, so they cannot slide.
And you've not hidden the item you're sliding down, so it cannot be made to appear. (See also jQuery slideDown() animation not working)
I think a span cannot slide to begin with, I've changed it to div.

HTML:

<body>
    <div id="ONEdiv"><h1><span id="ONEspan">ONE</span></h1></div>
    <div id="TWOdiv"><h1>TWO</h1></div>
    <div id="THREEdiv"><h1>THREE</h1></div>
</body>

JS:

$(document).ready(function() {
    $('#ONEdiv').slideDown('slow');
});

CSS:

h1 {
line-height:40px;
}

#ONEdiv {
    display:none;
}

#ONEspan {
  font-family:broadway;
  font-size:80px;
  color:#880303;
}

http://jsfiddle.net/2uJJ6/3/

edited May 23 '17 at 12:19

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answered Dec 22 '13 at 17:57

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yes I do. I'm building and learning a web page through Codecademy so they have a script.js file – Lo_MAT Dec 22 '13 at 18:04
thank you so much! well being a web design newb, found out that i need a script tag to how my jquery functions. that's what I was missing before. – Lo_MAT Dec 22 '13 at 20:09
last question. so let's say i want them to slide down one by one. In queue. As in, I'd like for ONE to slide down COMPLETELY before TWO slides down – Lo_MAT Dec 22 '13 at 20:17
You can give a third argument to the slideDown function, a callback function that is called when the slidedown has completed. I've used that to trigger the second and third slidedowns. See http://jsfiddle.net/2uJJ6/4/ – flup Dec 22 '13 at 20:40
great! thanks. I am just testing all these functions. I think i will stick to fade in and add delay to make them appear one by one. many thanks – Lo_MAT Dec 22 '13 at 20:46

jQuery slidedown doesn't work in H1 tag

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