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Asked: 2026-06-13T11:25:47+00:00

I’m trying to learn jquery, so I’m attempting to write a script that’ll hide

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I’m trying to learn jquery, so I’m attempting to write a script that’ll hide most things on a page, leaving (for now) only the paragraphs.

(function() {
  var all = $("*");
  all.hide();

  var paragraphs = $("p");
  paragraphs.show();
 })();

That is the code I have now, but it doesn’t work. It hides everything, but it doesn’t show the paragraphs afterwards. What am I doing wrong?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Here is one solution for a start:

    $("body :not(p)").hide();

    Read it as: in <body> element find all elements that are not <p>.

    I suspect your markup is quite simple with minimum of nested elements, e.g.

    <html>
<head></head>
<body>
    <h1>Heading</h1>
    <p>Paragraph 1</p>
    <div>Text block</div>
    <p>Paragraph 2</p>
</body>
</html>

    Otherwise, as noted in the other answers (and comments), you should consider if your <p> elements do have non-<p> parents. In such cases nested paragraphs might remain invisible.

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