Hide a field label

[murrjames]

Hi, is there anyway to hide a field label.

I have a dropdown, with a variety of types of numbers (Licence, Security, Health # etc.) I have an empty field beside the dropdown.

Which ever number type you choose, a label appears beside the empty field, indicating the choice you made.

So in the far right box, the text Authorization number should appear.

[George_Johnson]

It not clear to me what you want to hide and when you want it to be hidden. Can you elaborate?

[murrjames]

Hi, in the 2nd drop-down there are 5 choices, Authorization Number, License Number, File Number etc......  on the far right there is a text box, the user will type a number in. Above the text box I want text to appear as a label, based on the drop down choice. If the user does not make a choice, the text box will be hidden.

so basically, show hide a field label based on drop-down choice.

Thanks

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[George_Johnson]

OK, that's easy enough, but what dropdown item are you using to indicate that the user did not make a choice? People sometime use a single space or some text like "Please select".

[murrjames]

Sorry, should have said, I have a choice like in the first drop-down. 'Click to see options'

[George_Johnson · Accepted solution]

OK. You can use a custom Validate script in the 2nd dropdown that looks like the following:

// Validate script for dropdown

(function () {

    // Get a reference to the label field

    var f = getField("LABEL1");

    // Show/hide the label based on the dropdown selection

    f.display = event.value === "Click to see options" ? display.hidden : display.visible;

})();

but replace "LABEL1" with the actual name of the field you're using for the label text.

That last line is equivalent to the following:

    if (event.value === "Click to see options") {

        f.display = display.hidden;

    } else {

        f.display = display.visible;

    }

This all could be simplified to the following single statement:

getField("LABEL1").display = event.value === "Click to see options" ? display.hidden : display.visible;

It's best if you select the "Commit selected value immediately" option for the dropdown. For the label field, make it read-only and set the default value to the label text.

[murrjames]

This looks good, I will let you know. thank you.