How to Hide Fields Based on a Drop Down value in Infopath

Question

_{Tuesday, January 23, 2018 9:17 PM}

Hi,

I have an InfoPath form built and linked to a SharePoint list and want to hide/show the controls based on the contents of the Content Type drop-down.  I read in a different post to place the controls in the section control.  I tried adding rows to this then placing the section control and cutting and pasting my drop-downs and labels into the control.  It doesn't seem to want to do that.  Is it because this is a grid?  Secondly, the post mentioned creating a rule something like Content Type = "Boilers" and setting the action to hide other sections.  However, the only actions that I can add are to Set a field's value, query for data, submit data, or send data to a web part.  Is there another way to add this rule?

Thanks,

Thayana

ThayanaK

All replies (5)

_{Sunday, January 28, 2018 9:35 PM ✅Answered}

Hi Sara,

I actually couldn't use the Is Blank.  I had to have sections and add a rule based on the value of another drop down, but I got it to work.

Thanks,

Thayana

ThayanaK

_{Wednesday, January 24, 2018 5:41 AM}

It's difficult in infopath, recommended that you can use HTML5 design the form

_{Wednesday, January 24, 2018 5:54 AM | 1 vote}

Hi ThayanaK,

You can hide the field based on the drop-down value in the InfoPath form.

Follow the steps below:

1. Select the field you want to hide, add rule and select “Is Blank”. In my environment, I want to hide the field2 like the picture.

2. Change rule. In the condition section, you could set the condition when you want to hide the field. In the rule type, select “formatting”, then select the “hide the control”.

In my environment, when the “1” is selected in the dropdown field, I want to hide the field2.

3. Publish the form and the result as below.

Best regards,

Sara Fan

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_{Friday, January 26, 2018 1:47 AM}

Hi ThayanaK,

If the reply is helpful to you, you could mark the reply as answer. Thanks for your understanding.

Best regards,

Sara Fan

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_{Monday, January 29, 2018 12:38 AM}

Hi ThayanaK,

I am checking to see how things are going there on this issue. Please let us know if you would like further assistance.

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Best regards,

Sara Fan

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