<pclass="desc"><strong>Description: </strong>Selects all elements that are visible.</p>
<divclass="longdesc">
<p>Elements can be considered hidden for several reasons:</p>
<ul>
<li>They have a display value of none.</li>
<li>They are form elements with type="hidden".</li>
<li>Their width and height are explicitly set to 0.</li>
<li>An ancestor element is hidden, so the element is not shown on the page.</li>
</ul>
<p>How <code>:visible</code> is calculated was changed in jQuery 1.3.2. The <ahref="http://docs.jquery.com/Release:jQuery_1.3.2#:visible.2F:hidden_Overhauled">release notes</a> outline the changes in more detail.</p>