On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 8:19 AM, Joshua Beall <joshbe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Aug 5, 7:05 am, "Richard D. Worth" <rdwo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Your question is better suited to the main jQuery list: > http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-en > > > > <http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-en>since it's not about jQuery UI > > plugins[*]. > > I was thinking that because my use case is most directly tied to the > blind effect (part of jQuery UI, as I understand it), this would be > the best list. Sorry for the confusion. > > > While we're here, you can use the visibility pseudo-selectors, :hidden > and > > :visible > > > > http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors/hidden > > > > http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors/visible > > Thanks! But I'm not sure how I'd use these selectors to interrogate > an element by ID--it appears they are used to return elements that are > hidden or visible, respectively. But I already know an element's ID, > and I want to know if it's hidden or visible... how would I do that > with those selectors? You can include the pseudo-selector in the same selector, immediately after the ID, like so: $("#myDiv:hidden").show(); $("#myDiv:visible").hide(); Another option would be to use the filter method: $("#myDiv").filter(":hidden").show(); $("#myDiv").filter(":visible").hide(); - Richard
