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The display property is the most important CSS property for controlling layout.

The display Property

The display property specifies if/how an element is displayed.

Every HTML element has a default display value depending on what type of element it is. The default display value for most elements is block or inline.

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element, which is hidden by default (display: none).

It is styled with CSS, and we use JavaScript to show it (change it to (display: block).

Block-level Elements

A block-level element always starts on a new line and takes up the full width available (stretches out to the left and right as far as it can).

The
element is a block-level element.

Examples of block-level elements:

Inline Elements

An inline element does not start on a new line and only takes up as much width as necessary.

This is an inline element inside a paragraph.

Examples of inline elements:

Display: none;

display: none; is commonly used with JavaScript to hide and show elements without deleting and recreating them. Take a look at our last example on this page if you want to know how this can be achieved.

The

Hiding an element can be done by setting the display property to none. The element will be hidden, and the page will be displayed as if the element is not there:

Example

h1.hidden {
  display: none;
}

visibility:hidden; also hides an element.

However, the element will still take up the same space as before. The element will be hidden, but still affect the layout:

Example

h1.hidden {
  visibility: hidden;
}

More Examples


This example demonstrates display: none; versus visibility: hidden;


This example demonstrates how to use CSS and JavaScript to show an element on click.

Test Yourself With Exercises

Exercise:

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CSS Display/Visibility Properties



  

    Property
    Description
  

  

    
    Specifies how an element should be displayed
  

  

    
    Specifies whether or not an element should be visible
  















        

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