Change Apperance based on a conditional statement

[JuanEsquivel]

I am trying to change the appearance field based on a conditional statement. For example, if selected(${more_users},"no") then set the appearance to hidden, else set it to the default value. aside from that I don't know if placing that statement on the appearance field is correct. If not please guide me.

This is what I came up with, not sure if I'm on the right path.

if(${more_users} = "Yes", "", "hidden")

[abureaux · Accepted solution]

What you are looking for is the relevant or body::esri::visible fields. Just put your statement in one of those two fields.

E.g., if(selected(${more_users},'Yes'), 'yes', '')

Edit. Forgot to give a general explanation of the difference between these fields.

Field	General explanation
Relevant	While hidden, a field ceases to exist. E.g., User input will disappear and reset to default. Also, a field hidden by 'relevant' that is required will be ignored when submitting.
body::esri::visible	While hidden, the field still exists. E.g., User input will be maintained. A field hidden by 'body::esri::visible' that is required must contain data.

[DougBrowning · Accepted solution]

Actually you need a true statement, you do not use yes as the return.  Just selected(${more_users},'Yes') does the trick.  yes is just for the user drop down but it is any true or false statement.  Using yes or '' does not always work.

[abureaux]

Right. I usually just copy-paste IF statements around because they work in more than one type of field.

It hasn't been my experience for this to fail. Do you have a specific scenario, or just something you have seen from time-to-time?