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CSS Property: visibility

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The CSS (CSS2) visibility property indicates whether an element is visible or not. Note: Invisible (hidden) elements still take up some space on a page; if you want to avoid this then set the display property to none.

 

Valid property values (other than inherit and initial) are:

 

Value

Description

collapse

Only applies to table elements. Row or column is removed, but table layout is otherwise left unaltered. For non-table elements is equivalent to "hidden"

hidden

Element is hidden (but still takes up space)

visible

(default value). Element is visible

 

Default Value:

visible

JavaScript syntax:

e.g. object.style.visibility="hidden"

Inherited:

No

Animatable:

Yes

 

EXAMPLE:


HTML USED IN THIS EXAMPLE:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html> <!-- Copyright (c) Nematrian Limited 2018 -->
<head>
<style>
div {border: 2px solid red; width: 100px; height: 30px; background-color: yellow}
.x1 {visibility: hidden;}
</style>
</head>
<body>
1. Element with default property<br>
<div><span>1</span></div><br>
2. Property set using HTML<br>
<div><span class="x1">2</span></div><br>
3. Property set using JavaScript<br>
<div><span id="x2">3</span></div>

<script>
document.getElementById("x2").style.visibility = "hidden";
</script>

</body>
</html>

FUNCTION THAT MAY ASSIST IN TESTING WHETHER FEATURE IS SUPPORTED:
function isSupportedCSSPropertyVisibility() {
  var x = document.createElement("DIV"); x.style.visibility = "hidden"; return (window.getComputedStyle(x, null).visibility == "hidden");
}


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