diff --git a/src/browser/tests/element/inner.html b/src/browser/tests/element/inner.html
index 7c59ea14d..f8088357f 100644
--- a/src/browser/tests/element/inner.html
+++ b/src/browser/tests/element/inner.html
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
 <p id=d4><span>Hello</span>
   <span>World</span></p>
 
+<style>.ihide { display: none }</style>
+<div id=d5>a<span class=ihide>X</span>b<span style="display:none">Y</span>c</div>
+<div id=d6>before<div class=ihide>deep <span>nested</span></div>after</div>
+
 <script id=innerHTML>
   const d1 = $('#d1');
   testing.expectEqual('hello <em>world</em>', d1.innerHTML);
@@ -175,4 +179,10 @@
   testing.expectEqual("This is a\ntext", d2.innerText);
   testing.expectEqual("Hello World", $('#d3').innerText);
   testing.expectEqual("Hello World", $('#d4').innerText);
+
+  // display:none subtrees are excluded from innerText, whether the rule comes
+  // from an inline style or a stylesheet (the common real-world case: content
+  // hidden via a CSS class). A hidden block does not contribute a line break.
+  testing.expectEqual("abc", $('#d5').innerText);
+  testing.expectEqual("beforeafter", $('#d6').innerText);
 </script>
diff --git a/src/browser/webapi/Element.zig b/src/browser/webapi/Element.zig
index 42f00be7b..4f2d62db1 100644
--- a/src/browser/webapi/Element.zig
+++ b/src/browser/webapi/Element.zig
@@ -453,9 +453,9 @@ pub fn getLocalName(self: *Element) []const u8 {
 }
 
 // Wrapper methods that delegate to Html implementations
-pub fn getInnerText(self: *Element, writer: *std.Io.Writer) !void {
+pub fn getInnerText(self: *Element, writer: *std.Io.Writer, frame: *Frame) !void {
     const he = self.is(Html) orelse return error.NotHtmlElement;
-    return he.getInnerText(writer);
+    return he.getInnerText(writer, frame);
 }
 
 pub fn setInnerText(self: *Element, text: []const u8, frame: *Frame) !void {
@@ -1913,9 +1913,9 @@ pub const JsApi = struct {
     pub const namespaceURI = bridge.accessor(Element.getNamespaceURI, null, .{});
 
     pub const innerText = bridge.accessor(_innerText, Element.setInnerText, .{ .ce_reactions = true });
-    fn _innerText(self: *Element, frame: *const Frame) ![]const u8 {
+    fn _innerText(self: *Element, frame: *Frame) ![]const u8 {
         var buf = std.Io.Writer.Allocating.init(frame.call_arena);
-        try self.getInnerText(&buf.writer);
+        try self.getInnerText(&buf.writer, frame);
         return buf.written();
     }
 
diff --git a/src/browser/webapi/element/Html.zig b/src/browser/webapi/element/Html.zig
index 6549384ab..4571d71cb 100644
--- a/src/browser/webapi/element/Html.zig
+++ b/src/browser/webapi/element/Html.zig
@@ -216,13 +216,14 @@ pub fn asEventTarget(self: *HtmlElement) *@import("../EventTarget.zig") {
     return self._proto._proto._proto;
 }
 
-pub fn getInnerText(self: *HtmlElement, writer: *std.Io.Writer) !void {
+pub fn getInnerText(self: *HtmlElement, writer: *std.Io.Writer, frame: *Frame) !void {
     const tag = self.asElement().getTag();
     switch (innerTextDisplay(self, tag)) {
         .skip, .replaced => return,
         else => {},
     }
-    var state = InnerTextState{ .writer = writer, .preserve = tag == .pre };
+
+    var state = InnerTextState{ .writer = writer, .frame = frame, .preserve = tag == .pre };
     try self.collectInnerText(&state);
 }
 
@@ -1326,6 +1327,13 @@ pub fn reflectEnumerated(
 
 const InnerTextState = struct {
     writer: *std.Io.Writer,
+
+    // Needed to reach the StyleManager for CSS-driven visibility (display:none).
+    frame: *Frame,
+
+    // Tree-local visibility cache shared across the whole walk (see getInnerText).
+    cache: Element.VisibilityCache = .{},
+
     // number of line breaks we've accumulated for the block. Emitted lazily that
     // leading/trailing breaks aren't written and so that we can emit the max
     // requested, which can change as we render children.
@@ -1450,6 +1458,10 @@ fn handleChildElement(
         return;
     }
 
+    if (state.frame._style_manager.isHidden(he.asElement(), &state.cache, .{})) {
+        return;
+    }
+
     switch (innerTextDisplay(he, tag)) {
         // Not rendered: skip the subtree entirely (script/style/metadata/...).
         .skip => {},
@@ -1632,9 +1644,9 @@ pub const JsApi = struct {
     pub const constructor = bridge.constructor(HtmlElement.construct, .{ .new_target = true });
 
     pub const innerText = bridge.accessor(_innerText, _setInnerText, .{ .ce_reactions = true });
-    fn _innerText(self: *HtmlElement, frame: *const Frame) ![]const u8 {
+    fn _innerText(self: *HtmlElement, frame: *Frame) ![]const u8 {
         var buf = std.Io.Writer.Allocating.init(frame.call_arena);
-        try self.getInnerText(&buf.writer);
+        try self.getInnerText(&buf.writer, frame);
         return buf.written();
     }
     fn _setInnerText(self: *HtmlElement, value: js.Value, frame: *Frame) !void {
diff --git a/src/cdp/AXNode.zig b/src/cdp/AXNode.zig
index 23b2c2bfe..d74073228 100644
--- a/src/cdp/AXNode.zig
+++ b/src/cdp/AXNode.zig
@@ -1011,7 +1011,7 @@ fn writeName(
 
                     if (doc.getElementById(trimmed_id, frame)) |referenced_el| {
                         // Get the text content of the referenced element
-                        try referenced_el.getInnerText(&buf.writer);
+                        try referenced_el.getInnerText(&buf.writer, frame);
                         try buf.writer.writeByte(' ');
                         has_content = true;
                     }
@@ -1262,7 +1262,7 @@ fn writeLabelInnerText(
     w: anytype,
 ) !bool {
     var buf: std.Io.Writer.Allocating = .init(scratchAllocator(temp_arena, frame));
-    try label_el.getInnerText(&buf.writer);
+    try label_el.getInnerText(&buf.writer, frame);
     const text = std.mem.trim(u8, buf.written(), &std.ascii.whitespace);
     if (text.len == 0) return false;
     try writeString(text, w);