Gracefully Hiding JavaScript-Dependent Elements

2025-04-06
Gracefully Hiding JavaScript-Dependent Elements

This article explores three elegant ways to hide web elements that rely on JavaScript. The first method dynamically adds a class name using JavaScript, but it's not concise enough. The second method uses the `` and `` tags to directly hide elements in CSS, but it has higher maintenance costs. The third method, and the recommended approach, uses a generic class name `d-js-required` along with the `<noscript>` and `<style>` tags. This only requires modifying a single CSS rule to hide all JavaScript-dependent elements, offering a clean and efficient solution.

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