display:none means that the tag in question will not appear on the page at all (although you can still interact with it through the dom). There will be no space allocated for it between the other tags. visibility:hidden means that unlike display:none, the tag is not visible, but space is allocated for it on the page. The tag … Read more
Since the question refers to a single element, this code might be more suitable: It is the same as twernt’s suggestion, but applied to a single element; and it matches the algorithm recommended in the jQuery FAQ. We use jQuery’s is() to check the selected element with another element, selector or any jQuery object. This method traverses along the … Read more
You could make your own plugins. If you want to overload the original jQuery toggle(), which I don’t recommend… jsFiddle.