How do I check if an element is hidden in jQuery?

Question

It is possible to toggle the visibility of an element, using the functions .hide(), .show() or .toggle().

How would you test if an element is visible or hidden?

Answer 1

You can use the hidden selector:

// Matches all elements that are hidden
$('element:hidden')

And the visible selector:

// Matches all elements that are visible
$('element:visible')

Answer 2

This works for me, and I am using show() and hide() to make my div hidden/visible:

if( $(this).css('display') == 'none' ){
    /* your code goes here */
} else {
    /* alternate logic   */
}

Answer 3

Example:

$(document).ready(function() {
  if ($("#checkme:hidden").length) {
    console.log('Hidden');
  }
});

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div id="checkme" class="product" style="display:none">
  <span class="itemlist"><!-- Shows Results for Fish --></span> Category:Fish
  <br>Product: Salmon Atlantic
  <br>Specie: Salmo salar
  <br>Form: Steaks
</div>

Answer 4

Maybe you can do something like this

$(document).ready(function() {
   var visible = $('#tElement').is(':visible');

   if(visible) {
      alert("visible");
                    // Code
   }
   else
   {
      alert("hidden");
   }
});

<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>

<input type="text" id="tElement" style="display:block;">Firstname</input>

Answer 5

To check if it is not visible I use !:

if ( !$('#book').is(':visible')) {
    alert('#book is not visible')
}

Or the following is also the sam, saving the jQuery selector in a variable to have better performance when you need it multiple times:

var $book = $('#book')

if(!$book.is(':visible')) {
    alert('#book is not visible')
}

Answer 6

Also here's a ternary conditional expression to check the state of the element and then to toggle it:

$('someElement').on('click', function(){ $('elementToToggle').is(':visible') ? $('elementToToggle').hide('slow') : $('elementToToggle').show('slow'); });