jquery - Javascript toggle between three hidden divs

Question

Hey all, Newbie here, so please forgive my approach and specifics. I'd appreciate some help!

I'm working on an image gallery that's got three sections, of which only one will be visible at a time. At the top of the page there are three links that I want to toggle one of the three sections to show while hiding the other two.

The code I've written is poor and works only from Link 1 to Link 2 to Link 3, but not backwards or from link 1 to 3, 3 to 1, etc.

Thanks for your help and advice!

HTML:

<div id="content">
    <h2>PHOTOS</h2>
    <hr />
    <p align="left"><a id="show_promo">PROMO</a> <a id="show_studio">STUDIO</a> <a id="show_live">LIVE</a></p>
    <div id="promo">
        <p align="center">PROMO</p>
        <p align="center">
            <img src="#" />
            <img src="#" />
            <img src="#" />
            <img src="#" />
        </p>
        <p align="center">
            <img src="#" />
            <img src="#" />
            <img src="#" />
            <img src="#" />
        </p>
    </div>
    <div id="studio">
        <p align="center">STUDIO</p>
        <p align="center">
            <img src="#" />
            <img src="#" />
            <img src="#" />
            <img src="#" />
        </p>
        <p align="center">
            <img src="#" />
            <img src="#" />
            <img src="#" />
            <img src="#" />
        </p>
    </div>
    <div id="live">
        <p align="center">LIVE</p>
        <p align="center">
            <img src="#" />
            <img src="#" />
            <img src="#" />
            <img src="#" />
        </p>
        <p align="center">
            <img src="#" />
            <img src="#" />
            <img src="#" />
            <img src="#" />
        </p>
    </div>
</div>

Javascript:

$('#studio').css('display', 'none');
    $('#live').css('display', 'none');
    $('#show_studio').click(function(){
        $('#promo').fadeOut(600, function(){
            $('#studio').fadeIn(600);
        });
    });
    $('#show_live').click(function(){
        $('#studio').fadeOut(600, function(){
            $('#live').fadeIn(600);
        });
    });
    $('#show_promo').click(function(){
        $('#live').fadeOut(600, function(){
            $('#promo').fadeIn(600);
        });
    });

Answer 1

The problem here is that you are hardcoding which element needs to be faded out. It would be better to select this dynamically.

First, you should add a class to your #show- links and to your divs. Perhaps showlink and section would be a good class names. You can then use jQuery's :visible selector to find the currently visible div.

$('a.showlink').click(function(){
    var toShow = this.id.substr(5);
    $('div.section:visible').fadeOut(600, function(){
        $('#' + toShow).fadeIn(600);
    });
});

This should then work for all your links and divs.