perfect, thanks! On May 14, 6:24 pm, Tulio Faria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > you can try doing this: > > function toggle(value) { > $("#"+value).css("display","block"); > > } > > Tulio Fariawww.tuliofaria.net > > On 14 maio, 13:12, stef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > even as a beginning javascript coder im very impressed with what > > jquery can do. however im having a small issue i can not figure out. > > im using jquery selectors to toggle visibility of a few divs and > > instead of hardcoding the id's of the divs into functions id like to > > pass the id as a parameter to my toggle() function. > > > the goal is to show only the chosen div, keep the ones that are > > invisible invisible and set the currently visible one to invisible. I > > want to use just one function that can handle the visibility of all my > > divs > > > if i call the function as such: onclick="toggle(test2);" > > > then my function would be: function toggle(value) { > > $(#value).css("display","block"); > > > } > > > but this makes it look for an element with id #value, not test2 as i > > tried to pass to the function. Anyone?