The visibility
CSS property shows or hides an element without changing the layout of a document. The property can also hide rows or columns in a <table>
.
To both hide an element and remove it from the document layout, set the display
property to none
instead of using visibility
.
/* Keyword values */ visibility: visible; visibility: hidden; visibility: collapse; /* Global values */ visibility: inherit; visibility: initial; visibility: unset;
The visibility
property is specified as one of the keyword values listed below.
visible
hidden
visibility
set to visible
. The element cannot receive focus (such as when navigating through tab indexes).collapse
<table>
rows, columns, column groups, and row groups, the row(s) or column(s) are hidden and the space they would have occupied is removed (as if display
: none
were applied to the column/row of the table). However, the size of other rows and columns is still calculated as though the cells in the collapsed row(s) or column(s) are present. This value allows for the fast removal of a row or column from a table without forcing the recalculation of widths and heights for the entire table.collapse
is treated the same as hidden
.visible | hidden | collapse
Visibility values are interpolable between visible and not-visible. One of the start or ending values must therefore be visible
or no interpolation can happen. The value is interpolated as a discrete step, where values of the timing function between 0
and 1
map to visible
and other values of the timing function (which occur only at the start/end of the transition or as a result of cubic-bezier()
functions with y values outside of [0, 1]) map to the closer endpoint.
<p class="visible">The first paragraph is visible.</p> <p class="not-visible">The second paragraph is NOT visible.</p> <p class="visible">The third paragraph is visible. Notice the second paragraph is still occupying space.</p>
.visible { visibility: visible; } .not-visible { visibility: hidden; }
<table> <tr> <td>1.1</td> <td class="collapse">1.2</td> <td>1.3</td> </tr> <tr class="collapse"> <td>2.1</td> <td>2.2</td> <td>2.3</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3.1</td> <td>3.2</td> <td>3.3</td> </tr> </table>
.collapse { visibility: collapse; } table { border: 1px solid red; } td { border: 1px solid gray; }
Using a visibility
value of hidden
on an element will remove it from the accessibility tree. This will cause the element and all its descendant elements to no longer be announced by screen reading technology.
visibility: collapse
is missing or partially incorrect in some modern browsers. It may not be correctly treated like visibility: hidden
on elements other than table rows and columns.visibility: collapse
may change the layout of a table if the table has nested tables within the cells that are collapsed, unless visibility: visible
is specified explicitly on nested tables.Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
CSS Flexible Box Layout Module The definition of 'visibility' in that specification. | Candidate Recommendation | Defines the collapse value as it applies to flex items. |
CSS Basic Box Model The definition of 'visibility' in that specification. | Working Draft | No changes. |
CSS Transitions The definition of 'visibility' in that specification. | Working Draft | Defines visibility as animatable. |
CSS Level 2 (Revision 1) The definition of 'visibility' in that specification. | Recommendation | Initial definition. |
Initial value | visible |
---|---|
Applies to | all elements |
Inherited | yes |
Media | visual |
Computed value | as specified |
Animation type | a visibility |
Canonical order | the unique non-ambiguous order defined by the formal grammar |
Desktop | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | |
Basic support | 1 | 12 | 1 | 4
|
4 | 1 |
collapse |
62
|
12 | Yes
|
Yes | Yes
|
Yes
|
Mobile | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Android webview | Chrome for Android | Edge Mobile | Firefox for Android | Opera for Android | iOS Safari | Samsung Internet | |
Basic support | 1 | 18 | Yes | 4 | 6 | 1 | Yes |
collapse |
No | Yes
|
Yes | Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes |
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