problem with jquery cycle when using slideExpr option

[bolo77]

Hi, im using the demo from http://www.backslash.gr/content/blog...h-jquery-cycle

one of the things i need to do is use the jquery cycle plugin option slideExpr: as my slider, based on the examples at the url above behaves incorrectly with certain transitions such as zoom as the image is wrapped within another element

I followed the advice at http://computeraxe.com/slideshow-ima...-jquery-cycle/ and this allows for the transitions to complete correctly. However this causes the variable named data to be null and prevents the data which should be shown within the black cation area from displaying.
var data = $('.data', $(nextSlideElement)).html(); - returns null

a cutdown version of the problem can be seen at
http://www.shaadibay.com/cycle/demo.html. Demo1's data is returned as null when slideExpr: '.image' is specified as an option

any ideas?

[bolo77]

i had to go to the parent element in order to find the data.