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CSS Properties

animation
appearance
backface-visibility
background
border
bottom
box
caption-side
clear
clip
color
column
content
counter-increment
counter-reset
cursor
direction
display
empty-cells
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hanging-punctuation
height
icon
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left
letter-spacing
line-height
list-style
margin
max-height
max-width
min-height
min-width
nav
opacity
outline
overflow
overflow-x
overflow-y
padding
page-break
perspective
perspective-origin
position
punctuation-trim
quotes
resize
right
rotation
rotation-point
table-layout
target
text
top
transform
transition
vertical-align
visibility
width
white-space
word-spacing
word-break
word-wrap
z-index

CSS visibility Property

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Example

Make <h2> elements invisible:

h2
{
visibility:hidden;
}

Try it yourself »

More examples at the bottom of this page.

Definition and Usage

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

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
Version: CSS2
JavaScript syntax: object.style.visibility="hidden"

Browser Support

Internet Explorer Firefox Opera Google Chrome Safari

The visibility property is supported in all major browsers.

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

Property Values

Value Description Play it
visible Default. The element is visible Play it »
hidden The element is invisible (but still takes up space) Play it »
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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inherit Specifies that the value of the visibility property should be inherited from the parent element

Examples

Try it Yourself - Examples

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

Related Pages

CSS tutorial: CSS Display and visibility

HTML DOM reference: visibility property

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