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clwork
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April 13, 2016
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If I hide in Properties must I still hide in Actions?

  • April 13, 2016
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This is a bit of an update to my previous question but different enough for me to ask here.

When I hide an object in the properties panel....

... must I STILL hide in within Advanced Actions? According to a tutorial I am following I do. However, since it's already hidden in the properties panel isn't it already hidden?

Thanks

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    Correct answer Lilybiri

    That eye icon barred means that the object is hidden in output. No need to hide it with an action at all.

    However, maybe you'll have to hide it again, once you have made it visible by an action and it has to disappear again. A typical example: if you want to enable the user to return to that slide and the object should be invisible again it may be a better idea to use the On Enter event of the slide to hide that object, than just hiding it In Output using that eye icon.

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    clworkAuthor
    Inspiring
    April 13, 2016

    Thank you both.

    Lilybiri
    LilybiriCorrect answer
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    April 13, 2016

    That eye icon barred means that the object is hidden in output. No need to hide it with an action at all.

    However, maybe you'll have to hide it again, once you have made it visible by an action and it has to disappear again. A typical example: if you want to enable the user to return to that slide and the object should be invisible again it may be a better idea to use the On Enter event of the slide to hide that object, than just hiding it In Output using that eye icon.

      RodWard
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      RodWardCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      April 13, 2016

      HOWEVER...if there might be some situation in your project file where the object would become shown but needed to be hidden next time you revisited that slide, then explicitly setting the object to be hidden in the Advanced Action can sometimes be safer.  It depends on the situation.

        Lilybiri
        Lilybiri
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        April 13, 2016

        What I wrote is just confirmed by Rod, you have to believe it

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