Visibility attribute question

Question

What is the difference between

$(\"#myid\").attr(\"style\", \"visibility: hidden\")

and

$(\"#myid\").css(\"visibility\", \"hidden\"

Answer 1

Nothing. Just two ways to accomplish the same goal.

The first will overwrite any existing style settings. If you had:

It would become:

The second will add the visibility setting to the existing styles. So:

Woudl become:

If there's no style attribute already set, then the two will produce the same end result.