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JavaScript jQuery Basics Working with jQuery Collections Working with jQuery-Specific Selectors

Posted by Abson Chifodya
Abson Chifodya
11,817 Points

There are three hidden items on this page-- a div and two list items. Use jQuery's :hidden pseudo selector to select onl

There are three hidden items on this page-- a div and two list items. Use jQuery's :hidden pseudo selector to select only the hidden list items. Then use the show() method to expose the hidden elements.

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <title>Document</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" type="text/css" media="screen" title="no title" charset="utf-8">
</head>
<body>
    <h2>Star Trek Characters</h2>

    <ul class="character-list">
        <li>Captain Jean Luc Picard</li>
        <li>Data</li>
        <li>Warf</li>
        <li>Dr. Crusher</li>
    </ul>

    <div>I am supposed to stay hidden!</div>    

    <script
    src="jquery-3.2.1.min.js"></script>
    <script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
app.js 
const $hidden = $("div,li:hidden");

3 Answers

Antti Lylander
Antti Lylander
9,686 Points
Antti Lylander
Antti Lylander
9,686 Points
  1. Select only the list items that are hidden
  2. Do not declare any variables. The validation does not approve it.
Dhanuka Anushanga
Dhanuka Anushanga
13,347 Points
Dhanuka Anushanga
Dhanuka Anushanga
13,347 Points 
$('ul.character-list li:hidden').show();