Hm, don't know if it was coincidence but someone answered the
StackOverflow question shortly after I posted here, and it looks like a
solution. So, never mind (or thanks if it was someone from here!).

-- 
Jeff




On 5/21/15, 11:11 AM, "Karlsen, Jeffrey" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>I'm having a particular problem with using the Google Books API. I put
>this up on Stack Overflow a couple days ago, but who knows if I'll get a
>reply. Can anyone here help?
>http://stackoverflow.com/questions/30340578/google-book-viewer-api-cant-hi
>de-then-show
>
>This is in an EBSCO Discovery Service bottom branding widget - if a match
>is found, the viewer displays. That part works. The issue comes when I
>hide the containing div via CSS and then, in the function that runs when
>a match is found, change the ID to unhide the widget. At that point it
>won't display properly. As a workaround I found that if I throw an error,
>the book preview displays, but without the search box and navigation
>elements. It would be nice to have those.
>
>I simplified the code for Stack Overflow‹what I've actually got in EDS is
>here:
>https://bitbucket.org/los-rios-libraries/eds-google-books-widget
>
>If you want an example of how it looks in practice:
>http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,guest&custid=sacram&gro
>upid=main&profile=eds&direct=true&db=cat01047a&AN=lrois.b1326415&site=eds-
>live&scope=site
>
>
>--
>Jeff Karlsen
>Librarian & Library Dept. Chair
>Sacramento City College
>(916) 558-2583
>www.scc.losrios.edu/library