The HTML DOM style visibility property returns and modify whether an element should be visible or not in an HTML document.
Syntax
Following is the syntax −
Returning visibility
object.style.visibility
Modifying visibility
object.style.visibility = “value”
Values
Here, value can be −
Value | Explanation |
---|---|
initial | It set this property value to its default value. |
inherit | It inherits this property value from its parent element. |
hidden | In it the element is not visible but still its presence will affect the layout. |
visible | In it the element is visible. |
collapse | In it the element in table row or column is not visible but still its presence will affect the layout. |
Example
Let us see an example of HTML DOM style visibility property −
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <style> body { color: #000; background: lightblue; height: 100vh; } .btn { background: #db133a; border: none; height: 2rem; border-radius: 2px; width: 40%; display: block; color: #fff; outline: none; cursor: pointer; margin: 1rem 0; } </style> </head> <body> <h1>DOM Style visibility Property Example</h1> <p>I'm paragraph element with some dummy text</p> <button onclick="add()" class="btn">Set visibility</button> <script> function add() { document.querySelector('p').style.visibility = "hidden"; } </script> </body> </html>
Output
This will produce the following output −
Click on “Set visibility” button to set visibility with hidden as value on paragraph element −