[RESOLVED] hiding element

[sridharao]

I have a table enclosed in <div> tag. With a click of button, the hidden attribute toggles between hidden and visible.

document.getElementById(a).style.visibility = "hidden";

document.getElementById(a).style.visibility = "visible";

Hiding and displaying works well, but when the element is hidden, there is still large blank area that is visible. By hiding the element, I want to gain that space too.

Using height property is not helping.

document.getElementById(a).style.height = 0+"px";

Is there any way I can gain that space when an element is hidden?

[Merri]

Change the display to none and back to block.

Also read about the differences of visibility and display from CSS Property Index

[Justa Lol]

"display" is set to "block" by default which means no matter what the "visibility" is set to, it will always be "display:block;", which means otherwise it will always be there, so you need to change it like Merri says.

document.getElementById(a).style.display = "none";

document.getElementById(a).style.display = "block";

[sridharao]

Thanks both of you, it worked.

[Justa Lol]

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