jQuery .animate() not working as expected with CSS transitions on elements
I'm prototyping a solution and I recently switched to I'm sure I'm missing something obvious here, but Hey everyone, I'm running into an issue that's driving me crazy..... I'm encountering an issue where using jQuery's `.animate()` method on an element seems to conflict with CSS transitions. I'm trying to create a smooth animation when toggling a dropdown menu. The dropdown is initially hidden, and I set it to slide down when a button is clicked. However, upon clicking the button, the animation doesn't work as expected, and the dropdown just appears instantly instead of sliding down. Here’s the relevant HTML and jQuery code: ```html <button id="toggle-btn">Toggle Dropdown</button> <div id="dropdown" style="display:none; height: 0; overflow: hidden;"> <p>This is a dropdown menu</p> </div> ``` ```javascript $(document).ready(function() { $('#toggle-btn').click(function() { if ($('#dropdown').is(':visible')) { $('#dropdown').animate({ height: '0' }, 400, function() { $(this).hide(); }); } else { $('#dropdown').show().animate({ height: '100px' }, 400); } }); }); ``` I also have the following CSS for transitions: ```css div { transition: height 0.4s ease; } ``` The problem is that when I click the button to toggle the dropdown, it doesn't animate down smoothly; it just flashes into view. I've tried commenting out the CSS transition, but that didn't help. I've also verified that there are no conflicting JavaScript errors in the console. The dropdown is properly set to `display: none;` initially, yet the jQuery `.animate()` call doesn’t seem to trigger properly. Is there something I'm missing, or a better way to handle this type of animation without conflicting CSS transitions? Any insights would be greatly appreciated! For context: I'm using Javascript on macOS. What am I doing wrong? My development environment is Windows. Has anyone else encountered this? I'm developing on Ubuntu 20.04 with Javascript. Cheers for any assistance! I'm using Javascript 3.11 in this project. Am I approaching this the right way?