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CSS visibility Property

Example

Make an h2 element invisible:

h2
{
visibility:hidden;
}

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More examples at the bottom of this page.

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

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

Default value:	visible
Inherited:	yes
Version:	CSS2
JavaScript syntax:	object.style.visibility="hidden"

The visibility property is supported in all major browsers.

Note: No versions of Internet Explorer (including IE8) support the property values "inherit" or "collapse".

Value	Description
visible	The element is visible. This is default
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"
inherit	Specifies that the value of the visibility property should be inherited from the parent element

How to make a table element collapse
This example demonstrates how to make a table element collapse.

HTML DOM reference: visibility property