javascript hide or show element code example

Example 1: javascript hide div

// javascript
<script>
	document.getElementById("id").style.display = "none";  //hide
	document.getElementById("id").style.display = "block"; //show
	document.getElementById("id").style.display = ""; 	   //show
</script>

// html
<html>
	<div id="id" style="display:none">
    <div id="id" style="display:block">
</html>

// jquery
<script>
	$("#id").hide();      
	$("#id").show();
</script>

Example 2: javascript hide a div

<div id="main"> 
  <p> Hide/show this div </p>
</div>

('#main').hide(); //to hide

// 2nd way, by injecting css using jquery
$("#main").css("display", "none");

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