Difference between jQuery’s .hide() and setting CSS to display: none

Question

Which am I better off doing? .hide() is quicker than writing out .css(\"display\", \"none\"), but what’s the difference and what are both of them a

Answer 1

Looking at the jQuery code, this is what happens:

hide: function( speed, easing, callback ) {
    if ( speed || speed === 0 ) {
        return this.animate( genFx("hide", 3), speed, easing, callback);

    } else {
        for ( var i = 0, j = this.length; i < j; i++ ) {
            var display = jQuery.css( this[i], "display" );

            if ( display !== "none" ) {
                jQuery.data( this[i], "olddisplay", display );
            }
        }

        // Set the display of the elements in a second loop
        // to avoid the constant reflow
        for ( i = 0; i < j; i++ ) {
            this[i].style.display = "none";
        }

        return this;
    }
},