How to animates div’s left property with a relative value using jQuery ?

Last Updated : 09 Mar, 2022

In this article, we will learn how to animate a division element’s left property with a relative value using jQuery. This can be used in situations where a division element has to be animated using only one property.

Approach: We will be using the jQuery click() and animate() methods.

The division element which has to be animated has an animate-div class.
Two buttons with classes left-arrow and right-arrow respectively are defined which on click will trigger the animate() method applied to the division element. The animate() method consists of two parameters. The first parameter contains the styling of the left property which is modified to a new value. The second parameter sets the speed of the animation using the easing property defined within this parameter.
The first button with a class of left-arrow decrements the left property by some value whereas the second button with a class of right-arrow increments the left property by some value. So, the division element moves left on clicking the first button and it moves right on clicking the second button, just by updating the left property.

Note: Remember to set the position as absolute of the division element since the left property can not be used on statically positioned elements.

Example: In this example, the division element is animated by clicking on the two buttons and the division element has an easing property of slow. The first button with a class of left-arrow decrements the left property by 25 pixels whereas the second button with a class of right-arrow increments the left property by 25 pixels.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
  <head> 
    <script src= 
"https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.5.1/jquery.min.js"> 
    </script> 
  
    <!-- Basic inline styling -->
    <style> 
      body { 
        text-align: center; 
      } 
  
      h1 { 
        color: green; 
        font-size: 40px; 
      } 
  
      p { 
        font-weight: bold; 
        font-size: 25px; 
      } 
  
      /* Necessary for animation to work */ 
      .animate-div { 
        position: absolute; 
        background-color: green; 
        left: 730px; 
        width: 75px; 
        height: 75px; 
        margin-top: 2rem; 
      } 
  
      button { 
        cursor: pointer; 
        margin: 0 auto; 
      } 
    </style> 
  </head> 
  
  <body> 
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1> 
    <p> 
      jQuery - Animate a div's left  
      property with a relative value 
    </p> 
  
    <button class="left-arrow"><</button> 
    <button class="right-arrow">></button> 
    <div class="animate-div"></div> 
    <script type="text/javascript"> 
      $(".left-arrow").click(function () { 
        $(".animate-div").animate({ left: "-=25px" }, "slow"); 
      }); 
  
      $(".right-arrow").click(function () { 
        $(".animate-div").animate({ left: "+=25px" }, "slow"); 
      }); 
    </script> 
  </body> 
</html> 