Simplest jQuery Slideshow

by kaikemono

HTML

<div class="fadein">
    <img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2610/4148988872_990b6da667.jpg">
    <img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2597/4121218611_040cd7b3f2.jpg">
    <img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2531/4121218751_ac8bf49d5d.jpg">
</div>

CSS

/* http://snook.ca/archives/javascript/simplest-jquery-slideshow */
.fadein {
    position: relative;
    width:500px;
    height:332px;
}

.fadein img {
    position: absolute;
    left: 0;
    top: 0;
}

JavaScript

$(function() {
    $('.fadein img:gt(0)').hide();
    setInterval(function() {
        $('.fadein :first-child').fadeOut().next('img').fadeIn(100).end().appendTo('.fadein');
    }, 5000);
});