BenjaminWiegand wrote:
>
> the jquery function show() is at the moment making objects visible by
> running
> elm.style.display = 'block';
> This works just fine for all block elements (div, etc.) but causes some
> problems when running on inline elements like links or other elements like
> table-cells.
> I think it'd be better to do this:
> elm.style.display = get_type(elm);
> function get_type(elm) {
> obj = document.createElement(elm.tagName);
> $('body').append(obj);
> type = $.curCSS(obj, 'display');
> $(obj).remove();
> return type;
> }
>
First, if you take that route, you should definitely cache the default
display type per tag name. Creating elements repeatedly just to find out
their display property is a waste.
Matt
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