How do I hide an HTML element before the page loads using jQuery

Question

I have some JQuery code that shows or hides a div.

$(\"div#extraControls\").show();   // OR .hide()

I initially want the div to be not visi

Answer 1

Make a css class

.hidden {
display: none;
}

Add this to any element you don't want to be visible when loading the page. Then use $("div#extraControls").show(); to display it again.