You could use the toggleClassName method to switch class names, and
have your styles set up to show/hide based on the class.
On Jan 26, 3:13 pm, Diodeus <diod...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Try: $$(".dealerAddress").each(function(element)
> {element.removeClassName("dealerAddress")}); This will "unhide them".
> Not sure if this will be any faster.
>
> On Jan 26, 1:06 pm, kenxle <kenstcl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Here's the problem I'm running into:
>
> > $$(".dealerAddress").invoke("hide");
> > takes too long because a very large page structure is loading, and
> > there are many dealer addresses, so my page shows everything, then
> > hides it, when it loads. Ew.
>
> > To fix this, I put .dealerAddress{display:none;} in my CSS style
> > sheet. However, when Prototype runs its show/hide functions (I'm using
> > "toggle"), it only seems to be adding the attribute <...
> > style="display:none"> or removing it. Which means that my style sheet
> > takes back over when it removes the attribute, and the tag ends up
> > never showing.
>
> > I fixed it by putting my style declaration inline in the tag, as
> > Prototype does, but I find this solution hackish and obtrusive. Why
> > doesn't Prototype toggle from <... style="display:none"> to <...
> > style="display:[inline||block]">? Wouldn't this solve my problem, as
> > the inline style declaration would override the style sheet
> > declaration?
>
> > If so, I'd like to propose it as an update. Discussion or alternate
> > solutions welcome.
>
> > Thanks.
>
> > (P.S. jQuery handles this situation without issue...)
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