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Overview
Syntax
Example
- Example 1
- Example 2
Use Case Scenarios
- Scenario 1: Show/Hide a field in a review form

Note: This task is applicable only to Zoho Creator.

Overview

The hide deluge task hides a specified field on a form.

The show deluge task reverses the hide action and unhides the hidden field in the form.

Note:

To hide or show a field in a report, navigate to column properties in a Report, select the required field and click on the delete icon.
To hide fields for a set of users, you can define field permissions.

Syntax

HIDE

To hide a Mainform field.

hide <field_link_name>;

To hide a Subform field

hide <subform_link_name>.<subform_field_link_name>;

To hide the Subform field in a specific subform row. This syntax can only be used in subform actions such as addition of row, deletion of row and user input of a subform field.

hide row.<subform_field_link_name>;

UNHIDE

To unhide a Mainform field.

show <field_link_name>;

To unhide a Subform field

show <subform_link_name>.<subform_field_link_name>;

To unhide the Subform field in a specific subform row. This syntax can only be used in subform actions such as addition of row, deletion of row and user input of a subform field.

show row.<subform_field_link_name>;

Param	Explanation
<field_link_name>, <subform_link_name> & <subform_field_link_name>	Link name of the field which needs to be hidden or unhidden. Points to keep in mind for this parameter: Since the Autonumber field type is not displayed in a Form, it cannot be specified in this task. For composite field types like Name and Address, the action of hiding/showing the main field will be applied to all its subfields by default. To hide/show a particular subfield you must specify it along with the main field, for example: hide Name.last_name; The action of hiding/showing the Section field type will be applied to all the fields enclosed in the section. When using hide task to hide sensitive fields, the task manages the visibility of the field only in the user interface. The data of that field is still not protected and can be exposed using developer tools.

Param

Explanation

<field_link_name>, <subform_link_name> & <subform_field_link_name>

Link name of the field which needs to be hidden or unhidden.

Points to keep in mind for this parameter:

Since the Autonumber field type is not displayed in a Form, it cannot be specified in this task.
For composite field types like Name and Address, the action of hiding/showing the main field will be applied to all its subfields by default. To hide/show a particular subfield you must specify it along with the main field, for example: hide Name.last_name;
The action of hiding/showing the Section field type will be applied to all the fields enclosed in the section.
When using hide task to hide sensitive fields, the task manages the visibility of the field only in the user interface. The data of that field is still not protected and can be exposed using developer tools.

This task can be used in the following events

When a record is Created
Workflow event	When hiding/unhiding a field in a form	When hiding/unhiding a subform field
Workflow event	When hiding/unhiding a field in a form	In Form Actions	In Subform Actions
On Load	Yes	Yes	Not Applicable
On Validate	No	No	Not Applicable
On Success	No	No	Not Applicable
On User input	Yes	Yes	Not Applicable
On user input of a subform field	Yes	Not Applicable	Yes
Subform on add row	Yes	Not Applicable	Yes
Subform on delete row	Yes	Not Applicable	Yes
When a record is Created or Edited
Workflow event	When hiding/unhiding a field in a form	When hiding/unhiding a subform field
Workflow event	When hiding/unhiding a field in a form	In Form Actions	In Subform Actions
On Load	Yes	Yes	Not Applicable
On Validate	No	No	Not Applicable
On Success	No	No	Not Applicable
On User input	Yes	Yes	Not Applicable
On user input of a subform field	Yes	Not Applicable	Yes
Subform on add row	Yes	Not Applicable	Yes
Subform on delete row	Yes	Not Applicable	Yes
When a record is Edited
Workflow event	When hiding/unhiding a field in a form	When hiding/unhiding a subform field
Workflow event	When hiding/unhiding a field in a form	In Form Actions	In Subform Actions
On Load	Yes	Yes	Not Applicable
On Validate	No	No	Not Applicable
On Success	No	No	Not Applicable
On User input	Yes	Yes	Not Applicable
On user input of a subform field	Yes	Not Applicable	Yes
On Update	No	Not Applicable	Not Applicable
Subform on add row	Yes	Not Applicable	Yes
Subform on delete row	Yes	Not Applicable	Yes
When a record is Deleted
Workflow event	When hiding/unhiding a field in a form	When hiding/unhiding a subform field
Workflow event	When hiding/unhiding a field in a form	In Form Actions	In Subform Actions
On Validate	No	No	No
On Success	No	No	No
Other workflow events
Workflow event	When hiding/unhiding a field in a form	When hiding/unhiding a subform field
Workflow event	When hiding/unhiding a field in a form	In Form Actions	In Subform Actions
On a scheduled date	No	No	No
During approval process	No	No	No
During payment process	No	No	No
In a Custom Function	No	No	No
In an Action item in report	No	No	No

Example 1

The following snippet hides the "Phone Number" field if the selected contact mode is "Email".

if(Contact_Mode=="Email") 
{ 
hide Phone_Number; 
} 
else 
{ 
show Phone_Number; 
}

Example 2

The following example hides the product code field in the subform, if the user selects the product is not imported from a third party manufacturing unit.

if(Manufactured_by != "third-party") 
{ 
hide row.product_code; 
} 
else 
{ 
hide row.product_code; 
}

Scenario 1: Show/Hide a field in a review form

Consider a review form in an application, where there is a dropdown field with choices, good, average, satisfactory and other. If the user chooses the other from the dropdown, a multi-line field will be shown for the user to enter his review based on the user input of the dropdown field.

if(feedback == "other") 
{
show comments; 
} 
else 
{ 
hide comments;  
}

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