I have a number of buttons in my html. Each button referring to a particular DIV. I want an easy way to hide the previously open DIV when another button is clicked. So far I have written a code in jquery, but I have a strange feeling that am putting in a lot of code into a simply achievable task. Is there a simpler way to do this than what I have tried to acplish?
Here is what I have done so far.
My HTML:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html xmlns=";>
<head>
<title>TODO supply a title</title>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width"/>
<script src='.10.2/jquery.min.js'></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="body">
<input type="button" name="division1" value="div1" class="buttons" id="button1"/>
<input type="button" name="division2" value="div2" class="buttons" id="button2"/>
<input type="button" name="division3" value="div3" class="buttons" id="button3"/>
<input type="button" name="division4" value="div4" class="buttons" id="button4"/>
<input type="button" name="division5" value="div5" class="buttons" id="button5"/>
<input type="button" name="division6" value="div6" class="buttons" id="button6"/>
<div id="div1" class="divs"></div>
<div id="div2" class="divs"></div>
<div id="div3" class="divs"></div>
<div id="div4" class="divs"></div>
<div id="div5" class="divs"></div>
<div id="div6" class="divs"></div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
My CSS:
#body{
position: absolute;
left: 0;
top: 0;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
background-color: #000;
}
.buttons{
width: 10%;
height: 5%;
position: relative;
left: 10%;
cursor: pointer;
z-index: 500;
}
.divs{
position: absolute;
left: 0;
top: 0;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
display: none;
}
#div1{
background-color: #377D9F;
}
#div2{
background-color: #02B0E6;
}
#div3{
background-color: #4b9500;
}
#div4{
background-color: #aaa;
}
#div5{
background-color:#aa0000;
}
#div6{
background-color: aquamarine;
}
My Jquery:
$(document).ready(function () {
$("#button1").click(function () {
$('#div1').toggle(100);
$("#div2,#div3,#div4,#div5,#div6").hide();
});
$("#button2").click(function () {
$("#div2").toggle(100);
$("#div1,#div3,#div4,#div5,#div6").hide();
});
$("#button3").click(function () {
$("#div3").toggle(100);
$("#div1,#div2,#div4,#div5,#div6").hide();
});
$("#button4").click(function () {
$("#div4").toggle(100);
$("#div1,#div2,#div3,#div5,#div6").hide();
});
$("#button5").click(function () {
$("#div5").toggle(100);
$("#div1,#div2,#div3,#div4,#div6").hide();
});
$("#button6").click(function () {
$("#div6").toggle(100);
$("#div1,#div2,#div3,#div4,#div5").hide();
});
});
I kind of have around 50 DIV's in my html like the above ones. And I think using the above JQUERY is a waste of coding lines. I know there will be a better way to do this. My code seems to work well, but is there any way in jquery to just hide the previous DIV, no matter which button user clicks?
I have a number of buttons in my html. Each button referring to a particular DIV. I want an easy way to hide the previously open DIV when another button is clicked. So far I have written a code in jquery, but I have a strange feeling that am putting in a lot of code into a simply achievable task. Is there a simpler way to do this than what I have tried to acplish?
Here is what I have done so far.
My HTML:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<title>TODO supply a title</title>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width"/>
<script src='http://ajax.googleapis./ajax/libs/jquery/1.10.2/jquery.min.js'></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="body">
<input type="button" name="division1" value="div1" class="buttons" id="button1"/>
<input type="button" name="division2" value="div2" class="buttons" id="button2"/>
<input type="button" name="division3" value="div3" class="buttons" id="button3"/>
<input type="button" name="division4" value="div4" class="buttons" id="button4"/>
<input type="button" name="division5" value="div5" class="buttons" id="button5"/>
<input type="button" name="division6" value="div6" class="buttons" id="button6"/>
<div id="div1" class="divs"></div>
<div id="div2" class="divs"></div>
<div id="div3" class="divs"></div>
<div id="div4" class="divs"></div>
<div id="div5" class="divs"></div>
<div id="div6" class="divs"></div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
My CSS:
#body{
position: absolute;
left: 0;
top: 0;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
background-color: #000;
}
.buttons{
width: 10%;
height: 5%;
position: relative;
left: 10%;
cursor: pointer;
z-index: 500;
}
.divs{
position: absolute;
left: 0;
top: 0;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
display: none;
}
#div1{
background-color: #377D9F;
}
#div2{
background-color: #02B0E6;
}
#div3{
background-color: #4b9500;
}
#div4{
background-color: #aaa;
}
#div5{
background-color:#aa0000;
}
#div6{
background-color: aquamarine;
}
My Jquery:
$(document).ready(function () {
$("#button1").click(function () {
$('#div1').toggle(100);
$("#div2,#div3,#div4,#div5,#div6").hide();
});
$("#button2").click(function () {
$("#div2").toggle(100);
$("#div1,#div3,#div4,#div5,#div6").hide();
});
$("#button3").click(function () {
$("#div3").toggle(100);
$("#div1,#div2,#div4,#div5,#div6").hide();
});
$("#button4").click(function () {
$("#div4").toggle(100);
$("#div1,#div2,#div3,#div5,#div6").hide();
});
$("#button5").click(function () {
$("#div5").toggle(100);
$("#div1,#div2,#div3,#div4,#div6").hide();
});
$("#button6").click(function () {
$("#div6").toggle(100);
$("#div1,#div2,#div3,#div4,#div5").hide();
});
});
I kind of have around 50 DIV's in my html like the above ones. And I think using the above JQUERY is a waste of coding lines. I know there will be a better way to do this. My code seems to work well, but is there any way in jquery to just hide the previous DIV, no matter which button user clicks?
Share Improve this question edited Feb 11, 2021 at 11:44 peterh 1 asked Dec 30, 2013 at 4:57 VickyVicky 7041 gold badge8 silver badges23 bronze badges 04 Answers
Reset to default 2$(document).ready(function(){
$(".buttons").click(function () {
var divname= this.value;
$("#"+divname).slideToggle().siblings('.divs').hide("slow");
});
});
Going with this sentence I kind of have around 50 DIV's in my html like the above ones
This would be a lot more clean as well as convenient if you use a select tag, instead of using button to show and hide each div
Demo
HTML
<select id="show_divs">
<option>Select to show a div</option>
<option value="1">Show 1</option>
<option value="2">Show 1</option>
</select>
<div class="parent">
<div id="show1">This is the first div</div>
<div id="show2">This is the second div</div>
</div>
jQuery
$('#show_divs').change(function() { //onChange execute the function
var showDiv = $(this).val(); //Store the value in the variable
$('div.parent > div').hide(); //Hide all the div nested inside .parent
$('#show' + showDiv ).show(); //Fetch the value of option tag, concatenate it with the id and show the relevant div
});
CSS
div.parent > div {
display: none; /* Hide initially */
}
If you want to avoid using id's, you can also create your custom attribute, like data-show="1" and data-show="2" so on...
Try this
$(document).ready(function() {
$(".divs").hide();
$(".buttons").click(function() {
$(".divs").hide().eq($(this).index()).show();
});
});
DEMO
<input type="button" value="div1" class="buttons" id="button1" />
<input type="button" value="div2" class="buttons" id="button2" />
<input type="button" value="div3" class="buttons" id="button3" />
<input type="button" value="div4" class="buttons" id="button4" />
<input type="button" value="div5" class="buttons" id="button5" />
<input type="button" value="div6" class="buttons" id="button6" />
<div id="div1" class="divs">div1</div>
<div id="div2" class="divs">div2</div>
<div id="div3" class="divs">div3</div>
<div id="div4" class="divs">div4</div>
<div id="div5" class="divs">div5</div>
<div id="div6" class="divs">div6</div>
<script language="javascript">
$(document).ready(function () {
$(".buttons").click(function () {
$('.divs').hide();
$('#div'+$(this).attr('id').replace('button','')).toggle(100);
})
})
</script>