Hidden (:hidden)

In this chapter you will learn:

Description and Syntax for jQuery hidden selector
Examples for hidden selector
How to show hidden elements

Description and Syntax

$(':hidden')

selects all elements that are hidden.

Examples

$('li:hidden') selects all <li> elements that are hidden
$('.myclass:hidden') selects all elements with the class myclass that are hidden

The following code selects the hidden div tags.

<html><!--from ja  v a 2 s . com-->
  <head>
    <style>
      .test{ border: 1px solid red; }
    </style>
    <script src="http://java2s.com/style/jquery-1.8.0.min.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
    $(document).ready(function(){
        $("div:hidden").show(3000);
    });
    </script>
  </head>
  <body>
      <span></span>
        <div></div>
        <div style="display:none;">Hider!</div>
        <div></div>
        <div class="starthidden">Hider!</div>
        <div></div>
        <form>
            <input type="hidden" />
            <input type="hidden" />
            <input type="hidden" />
        </form>
        <span></span>
  </body>
</html>

Click to view the demo

Show hidden elements

The following selects all hidden divs and then shows them with show method.

<html><!--   ja  va2 s  . c  om-->
  <head>
    <script src="http://java2s.com/style/jquery-1.8.0.min.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        $(document).ready(function(){
            alert($(":hidden").length);
            $(":hidden").show(3000);

        });
    </script>
  </head>
  <body>
    <body>
        <input type="button" value="Input Button"/>
    
        <input type="checkbox">java2s.com</input>
        <input type="hidden" />
        <select><option>Option<option/></select>
        <textarea></textarea>
        <button>Button</button>
    </body>
</html>