title: Alternatives to jquery hide()/show()?
body: <p>I am trying to hide an element in my page (it is a youtube player instance). When I use jquery's hide() method, the player gets a bit wonky, in that it stops responding, even after I call .show() again.</p>
  
  <p>Is there another variant on hide(), maybe something like .opacity(0), or .visibility('none') that I can use? I don't mind the player taking up space on the page, I just want to hide it so the user can't interact with it until I'm prepared to show a video (the player happens to require a video to load immediately, but I don't have one until the user selects one from another ui element!)</p>
  
  <p>Thanks</p>