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The display property specifies if/how an element is displayed, and the visibility property specifies if an element should be visible or hidden.
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Hiding an Element - display:none or visibility:hidden

Hiding an element can be done by setting the display property to "none" or the visibility property to "hidden". However, notice that these two methods produce different results: visibility:hidden hides an element, but it will still take up the same space as before. The element will be hidden, but still affect the layout.

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h 1 . h i d d e n{ v i s i b i l i t y : h i d d e n ; }
Try it yourself display:none hides an element, and it will not take up any space. The element will be hidden, and the page will be displayed as if the element is not there:

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h 1 . h i d d e n{ d i s p l a y : n o n e ; }
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CSS Display - Block and Inline Elements

A block element is an element that takes up the full width available, and has a line break before and after it. Examples of block elements: <h1> <p> <div> An inline element only takes up as much width as necessary, and does not force line breaks. Examples of inline elements: <span> <a>

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Changing How an Element is Displayed

Changing an inline element to a block element, or vice versa, can be useful for making the page look a specific way, and still follow web standards. The following example displays list items as inline elements:

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l i{ d i s p l a y : i n l i n e ; }
Try it yourself The following example displays span elements as block elements:

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s p a n{ d i s p l a y : b l o c k ; }

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Note: Changing the display type of an element changes only how the element is displayed, NOT what kind of element it is. For example: An inline element set to display:block is not allowed to have a block element nested inside of it.

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How to display an element as an inline element. This example demonstrates how to display an element as an inline element. How to display an element as a block element This example demonstrates how to display an element as a block element. How to make a table element collapse This example demonstrates how to make a table element collapse.

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