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JS & DOM Reference

Overview

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Style visibility Property

Style Object

Definition and Usage

The visibility property sets or returns whether an element should be visible.

The visibility property allows the author to show or hide an element. It is similar to the display property. However, the difference is that if you set display:none, it hides the entire element, while visibility:hidden means that the contents of the element will be invisible, but the element stays in its original position and size.

Syntax

Set the visibility property:

Object.style.visibility="visible|hidden|collapse|inherit"

Return the visibility property:

Object.style.visibility

Value	Description
visible	The element is visible. This is default
hidden	The element is not visible, but still affects layout
collapse	When used on a table row or cell, the element is not visible (same as "hidden")
inherit	The value of the visibility property is inherited from parent element

Browser Support

The visibility property is supported in all major browsers.

Note: The value "inherit" is not supported in IE7 and earlier. IE8 requires a !DOCTYPE. IE9 supports "inherit".

Example

Hide content of an element:

<html>
<head>
<script>
function myFunction()
{
document.getElementById("p1").style.visibility="hidden";
}
</script>
</head>
<body>

<p id="p1">This is some text.</p>
<input type="button" onclick="myFunction()" value="Hide paragraph">

</body>
</html>

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Style Object