.fadeIn("medium", function() { setTimeout("$j('#comwarning').fadeOut('slow')", 3000) } );

A little less jQuery-likely, but contained in one line :)

See you

Is there a fix? Really like the code, thank you…

I’m adapting this as a way to prevent doubleclicking a submit button, without locking down the button permanently, because we have validation on the form, so it may need to be resubmitted.

$(document).ready(function() {
		$(':submit').click(function() {
			$original = $(this).val();
			$(this).val('Saving, please wait...')
			.attr("disabled","disabled")
			.fadeIn('slow')
			.animate({opacity: 0.4}, 4000)
			.fadeIn('slow', function() {
				$(this).val($original).removeAttr("disabled").animate({opacity: 1}, 2000)
			});
		});
});

my problem is that it’s conflicting with the Jquery validation plugin: prevents it from showing its error spans.

that’s how i got around the timer problem, just fade to full opacity and then a callback for whatever you want.