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