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CSS – What is the difference between visibility:hidden and display:none

By Wikitechy Editor
March 20, 2017 3 Min Read
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Definition and Usage of Visibility Property :

The visibility property specifies whether or not an element is visible.

Table Of Content

  • Definition and Usage of Visibility Property
  • CSS Syntax
  • Property Values
  • CSS Display/Visibility Properties
  • CSS visibility: hidden vs. display: none

Tip: Even invisible elements take up space on the page. Use the display property to create invisible elements that do not take up space!

Default value: visible
Inherited: yes
Animatable: yes. Read about animatable
Version: CSS2
JavaScript syntax: object.style.visibility=”hidden”

CSS Syntax :

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Property Values :

Visible : Default value. The element is visible

 

Hidden : The element is invisible (but still takes up space)

 

Collapse : Only for table elements. collapse removes a row or column, but it does not affect the table layout. The space taken up by the row or column will be available for other content.If collapse is used on other elements, it renders as “hidden”
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The display Property :

The display property specifies if/how an element is displayed.

Every HTML element has a default display value depending on what type of element it is. The default display value for most elements is block or inline.

Block-level Elements :

A block-level element always starts on a new line and takes up the full width available (stretches out to the left and right as far as it can).

The

element is a block-level element.

Examples of block-level elements:


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Display: none;

display: none; is commonly used with JavaScript to hide and show elements without deleting and recreating them. Take a look at our last example on this page if you want to know how this can be achieved.

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