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Hi,

I have added a repeating section to my form which is hidden until the user makes a selection from a drop down list. Although the section hides ok the text 'Insert item' is still displaying. 

I want this text to be hidden when the section is hidden and only show when the repeating section shows. Is this possible?

Thanks for your help.

Placing "hide this control" conditional formatting on a repeating section hides the individual rows, not the entire section.  You should place your repeating section inside a non-repeating section and hide that instead.

That works great, thanks!

I too have a repeating section, but I don't want to show/hide the entire repeating section, I want to be able to show/hide individual sections of the repeating section. By placing a button within the repeating section I found that I can use that to hide an individual section. Naturally, as that part of the repeating section then becomes hidden, the button becomes hidden too. My problem is how can I show that individual section again?

I think it's a bit of a question for you how you would like the logistics of revealing hidden sections to work, but here is one idea.

I assume you already have something like this:

• A field in the repeating group called Hidden
• A button that sets Hidden = true
• Conditional formatting on the repeating section with the condition Hidden = true -> Hide

How about adding this to your form

• Add a boolean field outside the repeating group called ShowAll, and show this as a checkbox in your form. Have it default to false
• Modify the conditional formatting on the repeating section to condition: Hidden = true AND ShowAll != true -> Hide (here != means "is not equal to")
• Add a new button in the repeating section that sets Hidden = false
• Hide the Hide button when Hidden = true and hide the Show button when Hidden != true

This should provide you a way to show all the hidden sections, and mark them as un-hidden if you need to.

Thanks. I have it figured out. In either a repeating or optional section I put in another section where my controls will go. I then put a button in the repeating or optional section just below the nested section that holds the controls. Next to the button I put a hidden textbox next to the button. (To hide the textbox I create a Formatting Rule that if the expression 1=1 then hide the control. Note: don't set that while testing so you'll see the text and be sure it alternates between Show and Hide as described below). I then set the textbox value to Hide. I create 2 rules for the button. If the value of the textbox is Hide I change it to Show (and to stop there) and other the sets it to Hide if it is show. I also go into the button's properties and set the name of the button to the the value of the textbox + the name of the section. That way it will auto-change to Hide/Show MySection when it is clicked. I then set a rule for the nested section that if the value of the textbox is "Show" I hide it. The reason this seems reversed is that because I'm using the textbox value to name the button (so it alternates between Show/Hide the Section) then when the button/tetxbox says Hide the Section, the section is visible and when the button/textbox say Show the Section it is because it is hidden. Because my button is inside the repeating/optional section it isn't visible until the user adds the section. Plus, if the user removes the section the repeating/optional section the button disappears as well. Hope that makes sense. It is actually very easy to set up and works like a charm