JQuery hide does not remove the space of the object?
<p>I am using some jquey code where I hide a list item...</p>

<pre><code> $("ul.items").each(function() {
    $("li:gt(4)", this).hide();
</code></pre>

<p>My problem is that .hide seems to hide the element but the space for it is still allocated.</p>

<p>Is there a way to remove this space... like display:none on css does?</p>

<p>UPDATE: .hide is actually taking away the element but the other elements are not stretching up to take the missing space left by the element.</p>
