Description: Selects all elements that are hidden.
Elements can be considered hidden for several reasons:
How :hidden
is determined was changed in jQuery 1.3.2. An element is assumed to be hidden if it or any of its parents consumes no space in the document. CSS visibility isn't taken into account (therefore $(elem).css('visibility','hidden').is(':hidden') == false
). The release notes outline the changes in more detail.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
div { width:70px; height:40px; background:#ee77ff; margin:5px; float:left; }
span { display:block; clear:left; color:red; }
.starthidden { display:none; }
</style>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<span></span>
<div></div>
<div style="display:none;">Hider!</div>
<div></div>
<div class="starthidden">Hider!</div>
<div></div>
<form>
<input type="hidden" />
<input type="hidden" />
<input type="hidden" />
</form>
<span>
</span>
<script>
// in some browsers :hidden includes head, title, script, etc... so limit to body
$("span:first").text("Found " + $(":hidden", document.body).length +
" hidden elements total.");
$("div:hidden").show(3000);
$("span:last").text("Found " + $("input:hidden").length + " hidden inputs.");
</script>
</body>
</html>