Using Javascript to hide single/multiple div tags with the same name Part 2

DaijoubuKun — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 23:36:19 +0000

Recently I was asked by a comment from my previous post Using Javascript to hide single/multiple div tags with the same name on how to get multiple buttons to control multiple div tags. For example, 2 div classes need to be hidden or shown with 2 different buttons controlling them. Turns out this is fairly simple. Basically you can use some previous code and alter some variable names in the javascript, but to make things simple here is the code.

function getElementsByClass(searchClass, domNode, tagName) {
     if (domNode == null) domNode = document;
     if (tagName == null) tagName = '*';
     var el = new Array();
     var tags = domNode.getElementsByTagName(tagName);
     var tcl = " "+searchClass+" ";
     for(i=0,j=0; i<tags.length; i++) {
          var test = " " + tags[i].className + " ";
          if (test.indexOf(tcl) != -1)
               el[j++] = tags[i];
          }
     return el;
}
 
var hidden = false;
function toggle_hideme1() {
     hidden = !hidden;
     var newDisplay;
     if(hidden) {
          newDisplay = 'block';
     }
     else
     {
          newDisplay = 'none';
     }
     var showfirst = getElementsByClass("div_class_name", null, "div");
     for(var i = 0; i < showfirst.length; i++) {
          showfirst[i].style.display = newDisplay;
     }
}
 
var hiddenb = false;
function toggle_hideme2() {
     hiddenb = !hiddenb;
     var newDisplay;
     if(hiddenb)
     {
          newDisplay = 'block';
     }
     else
     {
          newDisplay = 'none';
     }
     var showsecond = getElementsByClass("div_class_name", null, "div");
     for(var k = 0; k < showsecond.length; k++) {
          showsecond[k].style.display = newDisplay;
     }
}

For the variables ‘showfirst’ and ‘showsecond’ you can call them what ever you want, just make sure they stay the same in only one function, not two. Be sure to change ‘div_class_name’ to a custom name for each field.

Also, these are setup to be hidden first, you can change that by swapping the ‘newDisplay = ‘ lines.

For the HTML code we are going to use check boxes. We need two boxes each with names that call the function.

If you want the boxes checked to start first swap the ‘newDisplay =’ lines, and use this.

As in my previous post you need to put what ever will be shown or hidden in a div class tag.

The style hides everything in the class until the box is checked.

That will start the boxed checked, when you un-check it the data in all div classes with that name will hide (remember the ‘div_class_name’? that’s what we are working with).

I wrote this up in just a couple minutes, so I truly help it makes scene. You can check out an example of how it works here.

Using Javascript to hide single/multiple div tags with the same name

DaijoubuKun — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 16:49:39 +0000

Update (March 25th, 2009):
I have created a page on the main site so that you can see how the code works, it may be easier to read than this. Check it out here

After scouring the net for information I finally got my answer from JimmySeal at TechGuy.org. Turns out the process is very simple.

In my first example I want to hide just one div tag when a check box is clicked. The process is a simple one, all we need to do is create a div with an id argument. Like div id=”hideme”. I prefer to use external js files to hold my javascript functions. Lets call it junctions.js. In this file lets put this bit of code.

function toggle_visibility(hideme)
{
	var e = document.getElementById(hideme);
	if(e.style.display == 'block')
		e.style.display = 'none';
	else
		e.style.display = 'block';
}

This will hide the div tag with id hideme
So in my html file I have something like this. (My example is in an input form)

<b>Show the fieldb><input type="checkbox" name="a_name" value="a_name" onClick="toggle_visibility('hideme');">
<div id="hideme" style="display:block;">
	<b>was hiddenb><textarea name="some_name" cols="40" rows="5">textarea><br />
div>

Notice that the div id and the onClick functions are the same name, hideme. That’s it! How when the box is checked it will hide that one div tag.

What if you want to hide multiple div tags. Unfortunately the above script will not work simply because you can’t have more than one div id per page. You must use div class.

Open up your functions.js file and put this in.

var hidden = false;
function getElementsByClass(searchClass, domNode, tagName) {
	if (domNode == null) domNode = document;
	if (tagName == null) tagName = '*';
	var el = new Array();
	var tags = domNode.getElementsByTagName(tagName);
	var tcl = " "+searchClass+" ";
	for(i=0,j=0; i<tags.length; i++) {
		var test = " " + tags[i].className + " ";
		if (test.indexOf(tcl) != -1)
		el[j++] = tags[i];
	}
	return el;
}
 
function toggle_hideme()
{
	hidden = !hidden;
	var newDisplay;
	if(hidden)
	{
		newDisplay = 'none';
	}
	else
	{
		newDisplay = 'block';
	}
	var hellos = getElementsByClass("div_class_name", null, "div");
	for(var i = 0; i < hellos.length; i++)
	{
		hellos[i].style.display = newDisplay;
	}
}

Now for the form code example

<input type="checkbox" name="a_name" value="a_name" onClick="toggle_hideme('div_class_name');">
<div class="div_class_name">
	Blah Blah Blah
div>
<div class="something_else">
	What ever is here will not disappear!
div>
<div class="div_class_name">
	more blah blah blah
div>

The only thing you need to pay attention to here is div_class_name just change it to what ever you want to call your div tag.

EDIT NOTE:
I just want to say that I’ve been getting a lot of hits here, but no one leaves me any comments. How do I know if this is helpful? Please leave a comment. I won’t sell your e-mails or anything. If you so desire enter in a fake e-mail, I don’t care. I just want to know. Thank you.

UPDATE!
http://blog.tangorangers.com/2009/08/using-javascript-to-hide-singlemultiple-div-tags-with-the-same-name-part-2/

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