Difference between jQuery .hide() and .css(“display”, “none”)

Question

Is there any difference between

jQuery(\'#id\').show() and jQuery(\'#id\').css(\"display\",\"block\")

and

jQuery(\'#id\').         


        

Answer 1

You can have a look at the source code (here it is v1.7.2).

Except for the animation that we can set, this also keep in memory the old display style (which is not in all cases block, it can also be inline, table-cell, ...).