Visible (Property)

In the window editor and in the page editor, the control visibility is defined in the "UI" tab of the control description.
In the report editor, the control visibility is defined in the "Details" tab of the control description.
Versions 15 and later
The Visible property is available for table rows.
New in version 15
The Visible property is available for table rows.
The Visible property is available for table rows.

Versions 15 and later

This property is now available for Android applications.

New in version 15

This property is now available for Android applications.

Versions 17 and later

This property is now available for iPhone/iPad applications.

New in version 17

This property is now available for iPhone/iPad applications.

Versions 18 and later

This property is now available in Windows Store apps mode.

This property is now available for report elements in iPhone/iPad applications.

This property is now available in Android widget mode.

New in version 18

This property is now available in Windows Store apps mode.

This property is now available for report elements in iPhone/iPad applications.

This property is now available in Android widget mode.

This property is now available in Windows Store apps mode.

This property is now available for report elements in iPhone/iPad applications.

This property is now available in Android widget mode.

Versions 21 and later

This property is now available in Universal Windows 10 App mode.

This property is now available in Apple Watch mode.

New in version 21

This property is now available in Universal Windows 10 App mode.

This property is now available in Apple Watch mode.

This property is now available in Universal Windows 10 App mode.

This property is now available in Apple Watch mode.

Example

// Make the "EDT_Company" control visible if it is invisible
IF EDT_Company.Visible = False THEN
EDT_Company.Visible = True
END

Syntax

Finding out whether an element is visible Hide the details

<Result> = <Element used>.Visible

<Result>: Boolean

True if the specified element is visible,
False otherwise.

<Element used>: Type of element

Name of the element to be used.

Making a control or a report block visible/invisible Hide the details

<Element used>.Visible = <Visible/Invisible>

<Element used>: Type of element

Name of element to use.

<Visible/Invisible>: Boolean

True if the specified element must be visible,
False if the specified element must be invisible.

Remarks

Control attributes

The Visible property does not modify the other state attributes of the control (selection without input, active or grayed out)

Group of controls

If the specified object is a group of controls, the visibility of all controls from that group changes.

Using shortcuts according to control states

You cannot use shortcuts with an invisible control. For example, an invisible button does not react when shortcuts are used.

Controls on tabs

If a control on a tab pane is visible, but the pane is not displayed, the Visible property will return False.

Rows in a Table control

A row found in a Table control can be made visible or invisible. For example:

// Makes the second row of the Table control invisible
TABLE_Table[2].Visible = False

If the Table control is using bars with alternated colors, the alternation of colors will be respected.

Remark: If the Visible property is used on a table cell, all cells found in the corresponding column will be hidden.

Versions 21 and later

Action Bar

The Visible property can be used to hide an Action Bar control.

In this case, an animation is automatically applied when the Action Bar disappears.

New in version 21

Action Bar

The Visible property can be used to hide an Action Bar control.

In this case, an animation is automatically applied when the Action Bar disappears.

Action Bar

The Visible property can be used to hide an Action Bar control.

In this case, an animation is automatically applied when the Action Bar disappears.

Columns in a Table control

The Visible property can be used to hide columns of a Table control.

However, the Visible property must not be used in an Ajax code to change a column of a non-Ajax Table control: in this case, only the columns will be invisible, the titles of columns will not be invisible.

Limits

The Visible property does not apply to reports.

The Visible property cannot be used on:

a row of a List Box or Combo Box control,
a window menu
an element in a TreeView control.

If the Visible property is used on a table cell, all cells found in the corresponding column will be hidden.

The Visible property cannot be used on:

a row of a List Box or Combo Box control,
a menu or a menu option,
an HTML table,
a control found in a looper.

The Visible property applies only to the following elements:

Button control.
Static control.
Edit control.
Image control.
Check Box control.
Radio Button control.
List Box control.
Combo Box control.
TreeView control.
Tab control.
Window.
Table control.
Column of a Table control.
Supercontrol.

The Visible property applies only to the following elements:

Button control.
Static control.
Image control.
Window.

The Visible property does not apply to windows.