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Description Javascript

This function checks the CSS properties to see if the element is actually visible to the user. Sometimes useful for form validation, to make sure you're not validating a hidden field.

Requires xGetElementById (also available on this site).

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  1. function isVisible(e) {
  2.     //returns true is should be visible to user.
  3.     if (typeof e == "string") {
  4.         e = xGetElementById(e);
  5.     }
  6.     while (e.nodeName.toLowerCase() != 'body' && e.style.display.toLowerCase() != 'none' && e.style.visibility.toLowerCase() != 'hidden') {
  7.         e = e.parentNode;
  8.     }
  9.     if (e.nodeName.toLowerCase() == 'body') {
  10.         return true;
  11.     } else{
  12.         return false;
  13.     }
  14. }
Credits Contact JC

Added by JC on 12th November, 2007

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