Show hide div using codebehind

Question

I have a DropDownList for which I am trying to show a div OnSelectedIndexChanged but it says OBJECT REQUIRED.

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Answer 1

Hiding on the Client Side with javascript

Using plain old javascript, you can easily hide the same element in this manner:

var myDivElem = document.getElementById("myDiv");
myDivElem.style.display = "none";

Then to show again:

myDivElem.style.display = "";

jQuery makes hiding elements a little simpler if you prefer to use jQuery:

var myDiv = $("#<%=myDiv.ClientID%>");
myDiv.hide();

... and to show:

myDiv.show();