# Reappearing/appearing div problem **URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/reappearing-appearing-div-problem/169602 **Category:** Uncategorized **Created:** [November 17, 2005, 4:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/reappearing-appearing-div-problem/169602 "2005-11-17T16:06:05Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![RabBell](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/rabbell/32/340_2.png) [@RabBell](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/RabBell) #### Post date: [November 17, 2005, 4:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/reappearing-appearing-div-problem/169602/1 "2005-11-17T16:06:05Z")
ok first heres the javascript function MM\_HideTheAd(){ var theadvert; ``` theadvert = document.getElementById('thead'); theadvert.style.display = "none"; ``` } function MM\_ShowTheAd(){ var theadvert; ``` theadvert = document.getElementById('thead'); theadvert.style.display = "block"; ``` } and the html > \ > \
> \ > \ > \ > \\ > \ > \ The flash movie is hidden at first but then at a certain point in the movie it calls the ShowTheAd function and appears…but only in IE, not in Firefox anyone any ideas why???