jQuery text fade/transition from one text to another?

Question

jQuery can obviously fadeIn/fadeOut text easily. But what if you want to change the text from one thing to another? Can this happen with a transition?

Example:

<div id='container'>Hello</div>

Can one change the text Hello to World but have it change with a transition (like a fade or some effect) instead of changing instantly?

Answer 1

You can use callbacks, like this:

$("#container").fadeOut(function() {
  $(this).text("World").fadeIn();
});

You can give it a try here, or because of how the queue works in this particular case, like this:

$("#container").fadeOut(function() {
  $(this).text("World")
}).fadeIn();

This executes the .text() call when the .fadeOut() is complete, just before fading in again.