How to select all visible or hidden elements in a HTML page using jQuery ?

Last Updated : 12 Jul, 2025

In order to select all visible or hidden elements in a page using jQuery, we can use the following jQuery selectors: :visible Selector The visible Selector is used to select all the elements that are currently visible in the document.

Syntax:
```
$(":visible") 
```

:hidden Selector The hidden selector selects hidden elements to work upon.

Syntax:
```
$(":hidden")
```

Below example illustrates the above approach: Example:

html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<head>
    <title>
        How to select all visible
        or hidden elements in a
        HTML page using jQuery ?
    </title>

    <script src=
"https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.12.4.min.js">
    </script>
    
    <style>
        h1 {
            color: green;
        }
        
        h4 {
            color: green;
        }
        
        body {
            text-align: center;
        }
        
        .geeks {
            display: inline-block;
            font: bold 16px sans-serif;
            color: green;
        }
        
        .hidden {
            display: none;
        }
    </style>
</head>

<body>
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
    
    <h3> 
        How to select all visible or
        hidden elements<br>in a HTML
        page using jQuery
    </h3>
    
    <div class="geeks">GeeksforGeeks</div>
    
    <div class="geeks hidden">
        A Computer Sciecne Portal
    </div>
    
    <div class="geeks">For Geeks</div>
    
    <div class="geeks hidden">
        Learn Contribute Explore
    </div>
    <br>
    
    <button type="button" class="visibleg">
        Visible
    </button>
    
    <button type="button" class="hiddeng">
        Hidden
    </button>
    <br>
    
    <h4></h4>
    
    <script>
        $(document).ready(function() {
            $(".visibleg").click(function() {
                var visibleBoxes = [];
                $.each($(".geeks"), function() {
                    if ($(this).is(":visible")) {
                        visibleBoxes.push($(this).text());
                    }
                });
                $("h4").text("Visible items are - "
                            + visibleBoxes.join(", "));
            });

            // Get hidden items
            $(".hiddeng").click(function() {
                var hiddenBoxes = [];
                $.each($(".geeks"), function() {
                    if ($(this).is(":hidden")) {
                        hiddenBoxes.push($(this).text());
                    }
                });
                $("h4").text("Hidden items are - " 
                            + hiddenBoxes.join(", "));
            });
        });
    </script>
</body>

</html>

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