Check if element is visible in DOM

Question

Is there any way that I can check if an element is visible in pure JS (no jQuery) ?

So, for example, in this page: Performance Bikes, if you hover over Deals (on the

Answer 1

So what I found is the most feasible method:

function visible(elm) {
  if(!elm.offsetHeight && !elm.offsetWidth) { return false; }
  if(getComputedStyle(elm).visibility === 'hidden') { return false; }
  return true;
}

This is build on these facts:

• A display: none element (even a nested one) doesn't have a width nor height.
• visiblity is hidden even for nested elements.

So no need for testing offsetParent or looping up in the DOM tree to test which parent has visibility: hidden. This should work even in IE 9.

You could argue if opacity: 0 and collapsed elements (has a width but no height - or visa versa) is not really visible either. But then again they are not per say hidden.