How can I hide (and fadeIn) a chosen select?
I'm using the Chosen library (http://harvesthq.github.com/chosen/) as JQuery plugin to enhance select elements. I need to initially hide (and then fadeIn) the select, but the way below doesn't seem to work.
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="chosen/chosen.css" />
</head>
<body>
<select id="firstChosenSelect" data-placeholder="Choose a Country..." style="width:350px;" tabindex="2">
<option value=""></option>
<option value="United States">United States</option>
<option value="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</option>
<option value="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</option>
</select>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.6.4/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="chosen/chosen.jquery.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$('#firstChosenSelect').chosen();
$('#firstChosenSelect').hide();
</script>
</body></html>
Answer
Put the select in span and hide/show the span
In html
<span id="spanForfirstChosenSelect" >
<select id="firstChosenSelect" data-placeholder="Choose a Country..." style="width:350px;" tabindex="2">
<option value=""></option>
<option value="United States">United States</option>
<option value="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</option>
<option value="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</option>
</select>
</span>
In javascript
<scirpt type="text/javascript>
document.getElementById('spanForfirstChosenSelect').display = 'none';
</script>
In jQuery
<scirpt type="text/javascript>
$('spanForfirstChosenSelect').hide();
</script>