Hi I'm very new to retool and I wanted to know how to show/hide a component or any component on button click? I saw a ojbectname.hidden and I don't know how to manipulate the value to true/false of this in script area on the bottom resource run js codes cript

Hey yobz, happy to help you out with this :smiley: and this is also covered in the layout section of our docs if you need further clarification. You can dynamically program the hidden property of a component by clicking on the component, opening the inspector panel (on the right), and scrolling down…

Show/Hide a component on button click

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minijohn September 22, 2021, 12:48pm 5

Glad it helped I don't understand the last question tho Could you elaborate on that?

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Show/Hide a component on button click

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