jquery, how to animate element after being sure that it's not being animated at the same time

$("sth").not(':anim开发者_运维知识库ated').animate();

hey

is this the best way to animate element after being sure that it's not being animated at the same moment ?

thanks

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Depending on what you want, yes. Though I am curious what the sth selector is :)

$("#id:not(:animated)").animate(); // Is another way to write it

Or if you simply want to stop it before it animates again, use stop():

$("#id").stop().animate();