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Re: Hiding Repeating Section and 'Insert Item' text

skarden — Sun, 11 Aug 2013 20:52:48 GMT

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

Re: Hiding Repeating Section and 'Insert Item' text

Jimmy — Sun, 07 Jul 2013 18:34:30 GMT

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.

Re: Hiding Repeating Section and 'Insert Item' text

skarden — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 16:52:07 GMT

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?

Re: Hiding Repeating Section and 'Insert Item' text

orion — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:29:12 GMT

That works great, thanks!

Re: Hiding Repeating Section and 'Insert Item' text

Jimmy — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:46:25 GMT

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.

Hiding Repeating Section and 'Insert Item' text

orion — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:28:02 GMT

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.