1. Layout
  2. visibility

Layout

visibility

Utilities for controlling the visibility of an element.

ClassStyles
visible
visibility: visible;
invisible
visibility: hidden;
collapse
visibility: collapse;

Examples

Making elements invisible

Use the invisible utility to hide an element, but still maintain its place in the document, affecting the layout of other elements:

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<div class="grid grid-cols-3 gap-4">  <div>01</div>  <div class="invisible ...">02</div>  <div>03</div></div>

To completely remove an element from the document, use the display property instead.

Collapsing elements

Use the collapse utility to hide table rows, row groups, columns, and column groups as if they were set to display: none, but without impacting the size of other rows and columns:

Showing all rows
Invoice #ClientAmount
#100Pendant Publishing$2,000.00
#101Kruger Industrial Smoothing$545.00
#102J. Peterman$10,000.25
Hiding a row using `collapse`
Invoice #ClientAmount
#100Pendant Publishing$2,000.00
#101Kruger Industrial Smoothing$545.00
#102J. Peterman$10,000.25
Hiding a row using `hidden`
Invoice #ClientAmount
#100Pendant Publishing$2,000.00
#102J. Peterman$10,000.25
<table>  <thead>    <tr>      <th>Invoice #</th>      <th>Client</th>      <th>Amount</th>    </tr>  </thead>  <tbody>    <tr>      <td>#100</td>      <td>Pendant Publishing</td>      <td>$2,000.00</td>    </tr>    <tr class="collapse">      <td>#101</td>      <td>Kruger Industrial Smoothing</td>      <td>$545.00</td>    </tr>    <tr>      <td>#102</td>      <td>J. Peterman</td>      <td>$10,000.25</td>    </tr>  </tbody></table>

This makes it possible to dynamically toggle rows and columns without affecting the table layout.

Making elements visible

Use the visible utility to make an element visible:

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<div class="grid grid-cols-3 gap-4">  <div>01</div>  <div class="visible ...">02</div>  <div>03</div></div>

This is mostly useful for undoing the invisible utility at different screen sizes.

Responsive design

Prefix a visibility utility with a breakpoint variant like md: to only apply the utility at medium screen sizes and above:

<div class="visible md:invisible ...">  <!-- ... --></div>

Learn more about using variants in the variants documentation.

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