14 Visible Flag

This topic provides an overview of Visible flag.

If in a future release, if the screen/tab/section needs to be removed, it can be made invisible by unchecking the Visible flag. The Visible flag is available at Screen, Tab, and Section levels.

Note the following when making a screen invisible:

• If a screen is made invisible, all its tabs and sections will also be made invisible. Any fieldset which is placed on the particular screen will also be made invisible.
• If the same screen is again made visible, tabs and sections still remain invisible. The developer has to manually change the tabs and sections to be visible. Fieldsets also have to be made visible manually. This is done so that if the fields attached to invisible fieldsets were attached to some other fieldset, then the particular fieldset should not be made visible as it will result in more than one fieldset containing the same field.

Note the following when making the tab invisible:

• If a tab is made invisible, all the sections under that tab will also be made invisible. Also, any field set placed in the particular tab will also be made invisible.
• If the tab is again made visible, all the sections under that tab still remain invisible. Fieldsets also remain invisible. The developer has to manually make the section and fieldsets visible as per requirement.
• Tab can be made visible only if its screen is visible. Otherwise, it throws an error.

Similarly, when a section is made invisible, all the fieldsets placed in the section will also become invisible. But when it is again made visible, the fieldsets remain invisible. The section can be made visible only if the corresponding screen and tab are visible.