This small, but oh so handy feature is coming in the next build of Elements 3 
Small update on this to explain the feature…
Is this what you guys wanted? Did we miss anything?
This definitely looks like a handy feature.
Oh yes 
Thank you! An eye icon in the tree would be plenty for me, but the grey “visible but not published” option wins the award. It’s very useful, and it makes sense to have it in the inspector rather than the tree.
Brilliant!
I run a football club website and wanted to add a section of condolence for ex-players that have passed away. I didn’t want to create a whole new page but actually wanted it to appear on the home page so visitors automatically see it, now I can ‘hide’ and ‘not publish’ the rest of the page for a period of time before returning home page back to normal state.
This what I need
It would be great if this new hide/show feature could eventually be extended to connect with a calendar and timing rules, so elements could reappear automatically without manual attention.
I wonder if the Countdown component from @MultiThemes would work for you?
Thanks for the tip, but I like idea of the new show and hide function connected to a calendar better )
@barz-stacks offers some components for event management. And also a component. Smart Countdown
This is such a great implementation.
It’s this kind of thoughtfulness that makes Elements a delight to use. Easy to not publish anything, and a subtle visual cue showing that it won’t go live.