jQuery event to trigger action when a div is made visible

Question

I\'m using jQuery in my site and I would like to trigger certain actions when a certain div is made visible.

Is it possible to attach some sort of \"isvisible\" even

Answer 1

I changed the hide/show event trigger from Catalint based on Glenns idea. My problem was that I have a modular application. I change between modules showing and hiding divs parents. Then when I hide a module and show another one, with his method I have a visible delay when I change between modules. I only need sometimes to liten this event, and in some special childs. So I decided to notify only the childs with the class "displayObserver"

$.each(["show", "hide", "toggleClass", "addClass", "removeClass"], function () {
    var _oldFn = $.fn[this];
    $.fn[this] = function () {
        var hidden = this.find(".displayObserver:hidden").add(this.filter(":hidden"));
        var visible = this.find(".displayObserver:visible").add(this.filter(":visible"));
        var result = _oldFn.apply(this, arguments);
        hidden.filter(":visible").each(function () {
            $(this).triggerHandler("show");
        }); 
        visible.filter(":hidden").each(function () {
            $(this).triggerHandler("hide");
        });
        return result;
    }
});

Then when a child wants to listen for "show" or "hide" event I have to add him the class "displayObserver", and when It does not want to continue listen it, I remove him the class

bindDisplayEvent: function () {
   $("#child1").addClass("displayObserver");
   $("#child1").off("show", this.onParentShow);
   $("#child1").on("show", this.onParentShow);
},

bindDisplayEvent: function () {
   $("#child1").removeClass("displayObserver");
   $("#child1").off("show", this.onParentShow);
},

I wish help