Style visibility Property

Example

Hide the content of a <p> element:

document.getElementById("myP").style.visibility = "hidden";

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.

Browser Support

The visibility property is supported in all major browsers.

Syntax

Return the visibility property:

object.style.visibility

Set the visibility property:

object.style.visibility="visible|hidden|collapse|initial|inherit"

Property Values

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")
initial	Sets this property to its default value. Read about initial
inherit	Inherits this property from its parent element. Read about inherit

Technical Details

Default Value:	visible
Return Value:	A String, representing whether the content of an element is displayed or not
CSS Version	CSS2

More Examples

Example

Difference between the display property and the visibility property:

function demoDisplay() {
document.getElementById("myP1").style.display = "none";
}

function demoVisibility() {
document.getElementById("myP2").style.visibility = "hidden";
}

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Example

Hide and show an <img> element:

function hideElem() {
document.getElementById("myImg").style.visibility = "hidden";
}

function showElem() {
document.getElementById("myImg").style.visibility = "visible";
}

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