CSS to hide DIV, but keep space in use.

[Noozer]

I'm sure I've seen this, but it's been a while and cannot remember how it
was done.

If I set the "display" CSS property to 'block' makes the DIV take space up
in the HTML page and displays it's content. Setting this property to 'none'
makes the DIV disappear as though it never existed. BUT, I'm sure I've seen
another value that will hide the content of the DIV, but will STILL use up
the space in the HTML page.

Does this make sense? Does anyone know how it's done?

 

[Els]

I'm sure I've seen this, but it's been a while and cannot remember how it
was done.

If I set the "display" CSS property to 'block' makes the DIV take space up
in the HTML page and displays it's content. Setting this property to 'none'
makes the DIV disappear as though it never existed. BUT, I'm sure I've seen
another value that will hide the content of the DIV, but will STILL use up
the space in the HTML page.

Does this make sense? Does anyone know how it's done?

visibility:hidden;

 

[Noozer]

If I set the "display" CSS property to 'block' makes the DIV take space

visibility:hidden;

Thanks Els... I was looking for "visible" and having no luck at all.

 

[Els]

Thanks Els... I was looking for "visible" and having no luck at all.

http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/propidx.html
;-)

 

[Greg N.]

will hide the content of the DIV, but will STILL use up
the space in the HTML page.

If you're trying to do this in order to make Search bots see some
content that the users are not supposed to see, _don't!_

Google is supposedly working very hard to detect such tricks and has
announced to penalize pages that use such tactics. Whether you really
intend SE deception or not will obviously not matter.

 

[Toby Inkster]

If you're trying to do this in order to make Search bots see some
content that the users are not supposed to see, _don't!_

Gievn that the OP doesn't want the space taken up by the text to collapse,
I would assume that this isn't the intention.

Rather the OP probably wants to hide the text, and then re-show it in
response to some user action.

 

[Greg N.]

Gievn that the OP doesn't want the space taken up by the text to collapse,
I would assume that this isn't the intention.

I think so, too. But Google, in its growing anti-spam fury, might not
be smart enough to understand.

I must admit I'm getting paranoid. Any text color too close to the
background color, any overflow:hidden, visibility:hidden, display:none,
any positioning that might under some circumstances move off the
viewport - I think twice. Yes, paranoia... maybe.