title: JQuery: Check whether an Element is Hidden from the user
body: <p>How to check whether a particular element is hidden from the user? In my code, under certain conditions, this code will be called:</p>
  
  <pre><code>$("#VersionSelectField").hide('fast');
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>So I have to make sure that if <code>$("#VersionSelectField")</code> is hidden, then I would not have to validate the value inside it when I submit the form ( I use <a href="http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/validate" rel="noreferrer">JQuery Validate library</a> for this purpose).</p>
  
  <p>Any ideas?</p>