Hi, > $(document).ready(function() { > var THeight = $("textarea").height(); > var Diff = 40; > $('.resize').click(function(){ > NHeight = (THeight + Diff); > NHeight = (NHeight+"px") > alert (NHeight); > $('textarea').css("height","NHeight").slideDown('slow');
try $('textarea').css("height",NHeight).slideDown('slow'); > }); > }); You should also consider to calculate NHeight outside your click-function: $(document).ready(function() { var NHeight = ($("textarea").height()-40)+'px' $('.resize').click(function(){ $('textarea').css("height","NHeight").slideDown('slow'); )}; )}; Christof _______________________________________________ jQuery mailing list discuss@jquery.com http://jquery.com/discuss/