# Showing a Flash Element


The method **`FB.Canvas.showFlashElement()`** displays the HTML element passed in via the `elem` param, after it has been hidden via [FB.Canvas.hideFlashElement()](https://developers.facebook.com/documentation/javascript/reference/FB.Canvas.hideFlashElement).  This function will reset the CSS visibility to the HTML element's original value, prior to being hidden.

Developers should use this function within their [hideFlashCallback()](https://developers.facebook.com/docs/games/gamesonfacebook/optimizing#handlingpopups) function to display the element after having been hidden.

## Example {#example}

```
var element = document.getElementById('myGreatFlashObjectElement');
FB.Canvas.showFlashElement(element);
```

## Parameters {#params}

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|------|------|----------|-------------|
| `elem` | Object | no | HTML Element to display, generally a Flash Object element. |