# Possibility of hiding components (other than buttons) **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions\ **Created:** [June 27, 2018, 6:59am UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/possibility-of-hiding-components-other-than-buttons/109 "2018-06-27T06:59:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bryn](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/cl.desmos.com/bryn/32/40_2.png) [@Bryn](https://cl.desmos.com/u/Bryn)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 6:59am UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/possibility-of-hiding-components-other-than-buttons/109/1 "2018-06-27T06:59:54Z")
Is there a way of hiding components using CL? At the moment there is a `hidden` sink for buttons but I can’t see it for any other components. The use case I have in mind is if I want to send a student back to a previous screen to correct something, I can change the content of the note to instruct them and I can hide buttons but I can’t hide other components on the page (as far as I can tell.) I would like to be able to have the screen just consist of that note if the user is required to go back and fix something. (Although I would also be happy for a completely different solution to this problem, like disabling the “forward” button if a user has a significant problem on the current screen.) ---
**Author:** ![JayChow](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/cl.desmos.com/jaychow/32/1674_2.png) [@JayChow](https://cl.desmos.com/u/JayChow)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 3:51pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/possibility-of-hiding-components-other-than-buttons/109/2 "2018-06-27T15:51:07Z")
You can’t hide the whole component but you can do something like this: [http://www.mrchowmath.com/blog/the-people-demand-screen-locks](http://www.mrchowmath.com/blog/the-people-demand-screen-locks) ---
**Author:** ![Bryn](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/cl.desmos.com/bryn/32/40_2.png) [@Bryn](https://cl.desmos.com/u/Bryn)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 10:20pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/possibility-of-hiding-components-other-than-buttons/109/3 "2018-06-27T22:20:00Z")
Thoughts on hiding multiple choice or inputs? ---
**Author:** ![JayChow](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/cl.desmos.com/jaychow/32/1674_2.png) [@JayChow](https://cl.desmos.com/u/JayChow)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 10:38pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/possibility-of-hiding-components-other-than-buttons/109/4 "2018-06-27T22:38:16Z")
Yup. I disable the submit Button, change the button text, and control the choice text in CL to be blank. ---
**Author:** ![Bryn](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/cl.desmos.com/bryn/32/40_2.png) [@Bryn](https://cl.desmos.com/u/Bryn)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 9:58am UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/possibility-of-hiding-components-other-than-buttons/109/5 "2018-06-28T09:58:40Z")
Ok. I’m still looking for something a bit more elegant (like the equivalent of the hidden sink) but it sounds like this is the best workaround for now. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![kristynw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/839c29/32.png) [@kristynw](https://cl.desmos.com/u/kristynw)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 4:38pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/possibility-of-hiding-components-other-than-buttons/109/6 "2018-06-28T16:38:36Z")
What would this look like with typing code? I am new to computation layer and I want to hide a multiple choice question until they complete a question on a previous page. ---
**Author:** ![JayChow](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/cl.desmos.com/jaychow/32/1674_2.png) [@JayChow](https://cl.desmos.com/u/JayChow)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 4:53pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/possibility-of-hiding-components-other-than-buttons/109/7 "2018-06-28T16:53:28Z")
Use the choiceContent sink and set it to “” before the last question is answered. ---
**Author:** ![kristynw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/839c29/32.png) [@kristynw](https://cl.desmos.com/u/kristynw)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2018, 4:13am UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/possibility-of-hiding-components-other-than-buttons/109/8 "2018-06-29T04:13:13Z")
I am having difficulty getting it to work. Here is what I have in the code of my multiple choice “whatcolor” (3 options). The previous page has a question (game1choice1) that they need to answer. If they do not answer it, I don’t want the question “whatcolor” to show up on the next page. Is there a way you can help me with this? thanks! when game1choice1.isSelected(1) or game1choice1.isSelected(2) or game1choice1.isSelected(3) whatcolor.isSelected(1) = “red” when game1choice1.isSelected(1) or game1choice1.isSelected(2) or game1choice1.isSelected(3) whatcolor.isSelected(2) = “blue” when game1choice1.isSelected(1) or game1choice1.isSelected(2) or game1choice1.isSelected(3) whatcolor.isSelected(3) = “green” ``` otherwise ChoiceContent(1,2,3)="" ``` ---
**Author:** ![JayChow](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/cl.desmos.com/jaychow/32/1674_2.png) [@JayChow](https://cl.desmos.com/u/JayChow)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2018, 4:22am UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/possibility-of-hiding-components-other-than-buttons/109/9 "2018-06-29T04:22:26Z")
Like @Bryn noted its not very elegant and you will see one blank choice but this is the best way now to hide the choices: ```auto N=when game1choice1.isSelected(1) or game1choice1.isSelected(2) or game1choice1.isSelected(3) 1 otherwise 0 choiceContent(1):when N=1 "Red" otherwise "" choiceContent(2):when N=1 "Blue" otherwise "" choiceContent(3):when N=1 "Green" otherwise "" ``` Another option is setting each choice to say something like “Go back and make a selection first” or something like that. ---
**Author:** ![kristynw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/839c29/32.png) [@kristynw](https://cl.desmos.com/u/kristynw)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2018, 4:40am UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/possibility-of-hiding-components-other-than-buttons/109/10 "2018-06-29T04:40:22Z")
Thank you! I appreciate it!