Issue with jQuery.animate in secondary HTMLLoader

Question

This is a follow-up question to my original question (http://forums.adobe.com/message/2027713), which I couldn't figure out how to edit.
I want to animate an HTML element using jQuery. When I attempt the animation in the original HTML document, there is no problem. However, when I attempt to animate elements in a second document, opened in a second HTMLLoader, the animation isn't smooth - it only 'steps' when I move the mouse.
That is, the animated property (e.g. top, left, etc.) is still updated - but the incremental changes to the property aren't visible unless the mouse is moved. So if I'm not moving the mouse, the animation completes without seeing any transition between the start and end state.
The type of animation doesn't seem to be significant. The first HTML file contains the following JavaScript:
var loader;
$(function() {
        loader = new air.HTMLLoader();
        loader.addEventListener(air.Event.COMPLETE, start);
        window.htmlLoader.stage.addChild(loader);
        loader.load(new air.URLRequest('test2.html'));
function start() {
        loader.width = loader.window.document.width;
        loader.height = loader.window.document.height;
        $('li', loader.window.document).click(function() {
                $(this).animate({ marginLeft: '200px' }, 1000);
The file test2.html just contains a <ul> with a few <li>s in it - nothing else.
 Is there any problem with the way I'm attempting to open this second document? Can anyone offer any advice on the matter? Thank you!

Answer 1

Hello Paul,
In Firebug, if you click Inspect, then Script, then you can select the scripts (sources) from a drop down list next to 'all'. One of them should be your jQuery reference. If you click that one, do you see the jQuery source?
If you do, jQuery is there. If you don't, check if you uploaded jQuery for the Workspace or for a specific Application and if your reference is referring to WORKSPACE_IMAGES or APP_IMAGES.
Greetings,
Roel
http://roelhartman.blogspot.com/
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