I have a javascript function that tries to determine whether a div is visible and does various processes with that variable. I am successfully able to swap an elements visibilit
Let's take a second to see what .is(":visible")
is doing in jQuery, shall we?
Here's a link: https://github.com/jquery/jquery/blob/master/src/css.js#L529
return !jQuery.expr.filters.hidden( elem );
where
jQuery.expr.filters.hidden = function( elem ) {
// Support: Opera <= 12.12
// Opera reports offsetWidths and offsetHeights less than zero on some elements
return elem.offsetWidth <= 0 && elem.offsetHeight <= 0;
};
So, it's just checking the offset width and height of the element.
That said, and also worth noting, when jQuery checks to see if an element is hidden (i.e. like when triggering a 'toggle' event), it performs a check on the display property and its existence in the dom. https://github.com/jquery/jquery/blob/master/src/css.js#L43
If you would like to do this only javascript way you may try
window.getComputedStyle(document.getElementById("mydivID"),null).getPropertyValue('display')
Display is not an attribute, it's a CSS property inside the style
attribute.
You may be looking for
var myvar = document.getElementById("mydivID").style.display;
or
var myvar = $("#mydivID").css('display');
Try like this:
$(function () {
// Handler for .ready() called.
if ($("#mydivID").is(":visible")) {
alert('Element is visible');
}
});
FIDDLE
Please make sure to include the jQuery file inside the head
tag, as follows
<head>
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.9.1.js"></script>
</head>