I am seeking to provide an engaging and interactive experience for my users while ensuring responsiveness. To achieve this goal, I have decided to learn more about web development by creating a card game.
My current setup involves clickable elements that are meant to dynamically appear in another section of the page. (I am currently using jQuery for this purpose)
The simplified scenario is as follows:
var card = $('[card=X]').remove();
$('.board').append(card);
Now, I am looking to enhance this functionality with animations. However, I am facing difficulties in identifying the right framework to use. The frameworks I have tried so far either did not allow me to time the removal properly or caused issues with the animation when trying to call it within a callback function. This resulted in the removal firing before or after the callback, leaving nothing left to reattach.
Therefore, I am looking for a solution that goes beyond basic animations like 'blur' or 'fade'. My goal is to smoothly detach an element with an animation, relocate it elsewhere on the page, and have it 'appear' there with a corresponding animation. Ideally, these animations would include directional cues, such as arrows or lines drawn between the original and new locations, to make the transition clear to the end user.
(Apologies for the lack of specific details, but exploring all available frameworks and libraries for this task seems overwhelming.)
edit: Nick provided valuable insights into solving my issue. The problem turned out to be related to boilerplate code. I made adjustments based on his suggestions. (including adding a fade-in animation and using an event handler to handle the reappearance of elements). I considered his answer correct, despite the fact that he created a new element instead of appending the original one.
$('.cards ').on('click', '[card-id]', function() {
$(this).fadeOut(1000, function() {
var old = $(this).remove();
$('.cards').append(old);
old.fadeIn();
});