Question

I need to be able to hide and show divs on a page.

I need one active by default then when I click on other links to show another div, I need the active div to hide, and so on. So only one div is open at one given time.

I have put a demo together to show what I require, I have got it working so to speak, but I need it to collapse/hide the active div once another link is clicked.

http://jsfiddle.net/QFfzs/3/

Answer 1

You need to add a class to the divs you’re trying to hide, then hide the all divs before toggling like this:

//adding '.hideMe' to the divs to be toggled
$(document).ready(function() {
    $('#hideDetailsDiv').hide();
    $('a#hideDetailsButton').click(function() {
        if (!$('#hideDetailsDiv').is(':visible')) {
            $('.hideMe').hide(400);
        }
        $('#hideDetailsDiv').toggle(400);
    });
});

JSFiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/QFfzs/4/

Updated JSFiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/QFfzs/5/ (done with less code)