JavaScript can access hidden HTML Jul27 '06

Something interesting, but probably absolutely useless, but I’d thought I’d share, anyway...

<!--

<p id="para"></p>

-->

See how this is hidden from the browser, with HTML comment tags?

However, JavaScript can still access this paragraph, even though it’s hidden from view:

var para = document.getElementById("para");

I don’t know what purpose this serves, but I noticed it, so I’d thought I’d share.

Carry on.

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