Visible vs Hidden content area [closed]

1. What is the difference between visibility and hidden?
2. What is the opposite of visibility hidden?
3. Does visibility hidden affect accessibility?
4. Do screen readers read visibility hidden?

What is the difference between visibility and hidden?

visible: It is used to specify the element to be visible. It is a default value. hidden: Element is not visible, but it affects layout.

What is the opposite of visibility hidden?

The opposite of visibility: hidden is visibility: visible .

Does visibility hidden affect accessibility?

The main reason the visibility: hidden rule isn't just about visual visibility is because it affects the elements visibility to assistive technology as well. When we apply visibility: hidden to an element, it also removes it from the accessibility tree, which makes it invisible to technologies like screen readers.

Do screen readers read visibility hidden?

Screen readers generally ignore anything with display: none, therefore it is not read out to screen readers. There are various ways of having things hidden visually or non-visually, so we'll run through the cases and techniques for each.