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UX Ignores Client-Side Show/Hide Expressions For Buttons

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    UX Ignores Client-Side Show/Hide Expressions For Buttons

    I am attempting to have two buttons for my ordering system that filter an embedded grid for "all items" or "items ordered."

    All i'm trying to do is have one of these buttons hidden at any given time, based on a Show/Hide expression. The Show/Hide expression is simply checking a textbox field for a 'Y' or 'N' to determine which button should be hidden, but for some reason this isn't working at all.

    I've done this many times, in other UX's and it works like a charm. I've even done the same thing in a new UX with brand new controls and it works. But for some reason in this control, it refuses to acknowledge that these expressions exist, and just shows both controls.

    I've even set the expression to "1 != 1" to guarantee a false return and it still shows the button.

    Has anyone ever experienced something along the lines of this. I'm becoming under the impression my UX has become corrupt.

    Here are screenshots of both buttons showing up and the show hide expression being used.

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    Re: UX Ignores Client-Side Show/Hide Expressions For Buttons

    Originally posted by IT_Avengers View Post
    I am attempting to have two buttons for my ordering system that filter an embedded grid for "all items" or "items ordered."

    All i'm trying to do is have one of these buttons hidden at any given time, based on a Show/Hide expression. The Show/Hide expression is simply checking a textbox field for a 'Y' or 'N' to determine which button should be hidden, but for some reason this isn't working at all.

    I've done this many times, in other UX's and it works like a charm. I've even done the same thing in a new UX with brand new controls and it works. But for some reason in this control, it refuses to acknowledge that these expressions exist, and just shows both controls.

    I've even set the expression to "1 != 1" to guarantee a false return and it still shows the button.

    Has anyone ever experienced something along the lines of this. I'm becoming under the impression my UX has become corrupt.



    Here are screenshots of both buttons showing up and the show hide expression being used.

    [ATTACH=CONFIG]43772[/ATTACH]

    [ATTACH=CONFIG]43773[/ATTACH]
    If you want it to be false, just use 1=2 rather than 1 != 1

    If you want to check the logical state of the checkbox, you can use fieldname = true or fieldname = false in the show/hide expression
    Alpha Anywhere v12.4.6.5.7 Build 9305-5711 IIS v10.0 on Windows Server 2019 Std in Hyper-V

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      Re: UX Ignores Client-Side Show/Hide Expressions For Buttons

      Originally posted by iRadiate View Post
      If you want it to be false, just use 1=2 rather than 1 != 1

      If you want to check the logical state of the checkbox, you can use fieldname = true or fieldname = false in the show/hide expression
      Thanks for the response.

      I tried the 1 = 2 and still had no luck. The button continues to display, instead of being hidden.

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        Re: UX Ignores Client-Side Show/Hide Expressions For Buttons

        Without really going through the UX, I think it would be hard to determine y that is failing BUT you can try putting the controls in a container and using a client side 1=2 on that and see if that resolves it.
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          Re: UX Ignores Client-Side Show/Hide Expressions For Buttons

          Originally posted by CharlesParker View Post
          Without really going through the UX, I think it would be hard to determine y that is failing BUT you can try putting the controls in a container and using a client side 1=2 on that and see if that resolves it.
          Right I get what you're saying. My UX is pretty in depth.

          But with that being said, I've actually tried doing this, with brand new buttons in a container separated from everything else, and the client-side show/hide expression still fails. Its almost as if my entire UX is ignoring the functions entirely.

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            Re: UX Ignores Client-Side Show/Hide Expressions For Buttons

            I've done this many times, in other UX's and it works like a charm. I've even done the same thing in a new UX with brand new controls and it works. But for some reason in this control, it refuses to acknowledge that these expressions exist, and just shows both controls.
            I'm becoming under the impression my UX has become corrupt.
            i think you are right on that.
            with a simple expression like that it should work under normal circumstances.
            thanks for reading

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              Re: UX Ignores Client-Side Show/Hide Expressions For Buttons

              Create a new basic UX for test purposes and see if that works. It does sound like something is wrong with your UX.
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                Re: UX Ignores Client-Side Show/Hide Expressions For Buttons

                Originally posted by iRadiate View Post
                Create a new basic UX for test purposes and see if that works. It does sound like something is wrong with your UX.
                Thanks for the response. But unfortunately that was one of the first things I tried, and it behaved exactly like it was supposed to. So this leads me to believe that it HAS to be something funky about my UX.

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                  Re: UX Ignores Client-Side Show/Hide Expressions For Buttons

                  Any browser console errors?

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