How to Use slideDown (or show) function on a table row?

Animations are not supported on table rows.

From “Learning jQuery” by Chaffer and Swedberg


Table rows present particular
obstacles to animation, since browsers
use different values (table-row and
block) for their visible display
property. The .hide() and .show()
methods, without animation, are always
safe to use with table rows. As of
jQuery version 1.1.3, .fadeIn() and
.fadeOut() can be used as well.


You can wrap your td contents in a div and use the slideDown on that. You need to decide if the animation is worth the extra markup.

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