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:visible

Matches all elements that are visible.

Examples:
Make all visible divs turn yellow on click.

    $("div:visible").click(function () {
      $(this).css("background", "yellow");
    });
    $("button").click(function () {
      $("div:hidden").show("fast");
    });



<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" 
                    "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
  <script src="../jquery-latest.js"></script>
  
  <script>
  $(document).ready(function(){
    
    $("div:visible").click(function () {
      $(this).css("background", "yellow");
    });
    $("button").click(function () {
      $("div:hidden").show("fast");
    });

  });
  </script>
  <style>
  div { width:50px; height:40px; margin:5px; border:3px outset green; float:left; }
  .starthidden { display:none; }
  </style>
</head>
<body>
  <button>Show hidden to see they don't change</button>
  <div></div>
  <div class="starthidden"></div>
  <div></div>
  <div></div>
  <div style="display:none;"></div>
</body>
</html>

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