Visibility attribute question

Question

What is the difference between

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

and

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

Answer 1

There isn't really any difference. $.css() is just a shortcut method for accessing the css style attribute of a dom element.

http://api.jquery.com/css/

EDIT: As justin pointed out, there is a difference in that the .attr() method will overwrite any existing style attributes.