PRB: Visibility of a Parent Element Does Not Affect Visibility of Its Child (250347)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer (Programming) 4.0
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer (Programming) 5
This article was previously published under Q250347

SYMPTOMS

Setting a parent element's visibility to "hidden" does not hide its child element.

CAUSE

A child element inherits its visibility from a parent only when the style is set to "inherit." When the style for the child is set to "hidden" or "visible," the child does not inherit the visibility of the parent.

RESOLUTION

A child element's visibility must be set back to inherit for it to take on the parent's attributes.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

REFERENCES

For additional information, see the MSDN Online Web Workshop on visibility:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/properties/visibility.asp

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:7/20/2001
Keywords:kbDHTML kbDSupport kbprb KB250347
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