Since the question refers to a single element, this code might be more suitable:
// Checks CSS content for display:[none|block], ignores visibility:[true|false]
$(element).is(":visible");
// The same works with hidden
$(element).is(":hidden");
It is the same as twernt's suggestion, but applied to a single element; and it matches the algorithm recommended in the jQuery FAQ.
We use jQuery's is() to check the selected element with another element, selector or any jQuery object. This method traverses along the DOM elements to find a match, which satisfies the passed parameter. It will return true if there is a match, otherwise return false.
Using
$("a").attr("href", "http://www.google.com/")
will modify the href of all hyperlinks to point to Google. You probably want a somewhat more refined selector though. For instance, if you have a mix of link source (hyperlink) and link target (a.k.a. "anchor") anchor tags:
<a name="MyLinks"></a>
<a href="http://www.codeproject.com/">The CodeProject</a>
...Then you probably don't want to accidentally add href attributes to them. For safety then, we can specify that our selector will only match <a> tags with an existing href attribute:
$("a[href]") //...
Of course, you'll probably have something more interesting in mind. If you want to match an anchor with a specific existing href, you might use something like this:
$("a[href='http://www.google.com/']").attr('href', 'http://www.live.com/')
This will find links where the href exactly matches the string http://www.google.com/. A more involved task might be matching, then updating only part of the href:
$("a[href^='http://stackoverflow.com']")
.each(function()
{
this.href = this.href.replace(/^http:\/\/beta\.stackoverflow\.com/,
"http://stackoverflow.com");
});
The first part selects only links where the href starts with http://stackoverflow.com. Then, a function is defined that uses a simple regular expression to replace this part of the URL with a new one. Note the flexibility this gives you - any sort of modification to the link could be done here.
Best Answer
So this is way late, but I've discovered an answer, in case it becomes useful to anyone who comes across this thread.
Changes in value to hidden elements don't automatically fire the .change() event. So, wherever it is that you're setting that value, you also have to tell jQuery to trigger it.
Once that's the case,
should work as expected.