a7702c08f9fc16dfb900a5efecb8b5f73a9acdd7
hiram
  Mon Jan 19 13:29:37 2026 -0800
restore the default hidden already exists window and eliminate the jQuery ajax calls with the standard jScript fetch() function refs #31811

diff --git src/hg/htdocs/liftRequest.html src/hg/htdocs/liftRequest.html
index e1b61058dde..2c2c0458413 100755
--- src/hg/htdocs/liftRequest.html
+++ src/hg/htdocs/liftRequest.html
@@ -39,31 +39,31 @@
             <input id="genomeSearch1" type="text" placeholder="Search any species, genome or assembly name" autocomplete="off">
             <input id="genomeSearchButton1" value="Search" type="button">
         </div>
         <div id="genomeLabel1" class="selected-assembly">No assembly selected</div>
     </div>
 
     <div class="form-group">
         <label for="genomeSearch2">Assembly 2</label>
         <div class="assembly-input-wrapper">
             <input id="genomeSearch2" type="text" placeholder="Search any species, genome or assembly name" autocomplete="off">
             <input id="genomeSearchButton2" value="Search" type="button">
         </div>
         <div id="genomeLabel2" class="selected-assembly">No assembly selected</div>
     </div>
 
-    <div id="liftExists" class="form-group">
+    <div id="liftExists" class="form-group" style="display: none;">
         <div class="description">
         <p><strong>LiftOver chain files already exist for these assemblies:</strong></p>
 
         <p>
             <strong>Assembly 1:</strong>
             <a id="genome1Link" href="" target="_blank"></a> browser link<br>
             Download: <a id="genome1LiftOver" href="" download>Download chain file</a> over.chain.gz file
         </p>
 
         <p>
             <strong>Assembly 2:</strong>
             <a id="genome2Link" href="" target="_blank"></a> browser link<br>
             Download: <a id="genome2LiftOver" href="" download>Download chain file</a> over.chain.gz file
         </p>
         </div>