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copied!<p>HI I have a drop down menu, which determins which sections of a form should be displayed. This works, except for when the initial page loads all of the elements are shown. Once you make a selection it then displays only the correct elements.</p> <p>Below is my Javascript, is there a way to set all of the elements to hidden initially, sorry if this is a stupid question but i am new to javascript.</p> <pre><code>if (current_value == "page_name") { document.getElementById("contains").style.display = "block"; document.getElementById("term").style.display = "block"; document.getElementById("countries").style.display = "none"; document.getElementById("postcodes").style.display = "none"; document.getElementById("repeater").style.display = "none"; document.getElementById("visitor_type").style.display = "none"; document.getElementById("page_visits").style.display = "none"; document.getElementById("pvisits_value").style.display = "none"; } else if (current_value == "postcode") { document.getElementById("contains").style.display = "none"; document.getElementById("term").style.display = "none"; document.getElementById("countries").style.display = "none"; document.getElementById("postcodes").style.display = "block"; document.getElementById("repeater").style.display = "none"; document.getElementById("visitor_type").style.display = "none"; document.getElementById("page_visits").style.display = "none"; document.getElementById("pvisits_value").style.display = "none"; } </code></pre>

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