[jQuery] Confusion about show/hide and visibility attribute

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Hi,

I have this DIV

<div id="contextMenu" style="position:absolute; visibility:hidden;">
        <div id="editTitle" class="contextMenuItem">Edit Module Title</
div>
        <div id="myspace" class="contextMenuItem">Export MySpace HTML</
div>
</div>

Notice that I have visibility = hidden as I want this for the default
state.  However, after the page loads, and I call

$('#contextMenu').show();

the DIV does not appear.  Where am I going wrong?

Thanks, - Dave