How do you set the “Visible” property of a ASP.NET control from a Javascript function?

Question

Bascially I want to know the best way to hide/show an ASP.NET control from a Javascript function. I figured I would just access the control in Javascript using:

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Answer 1

You can use the display property for this. But as Jason noted, this is a DHTML DOM (client-side) property that is completely independent from the ASP.NET (server-side) Visible property which controls rendering.

theControl.style.display = "none";

Display Property