# Having Trouble Making Filter Work?

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**Category:** Elements\
**Created:** [June 7, 2025, 2:54pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/having-trouble-making-filter-work/47956 "2025-06-07T14:54:35Z")\
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I’ve watched DD Ep61 and I think I have filter set up correct, but I can’t get it to work. What might be wrong?

 ![Screenshot 2025-06-07 at 9.52.52 AM](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/3/b/3ba04fe2e5df16ce0743ccea67a538de0e50217a.png)

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**Author:** ![logrunner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/59ef9b/32.png) [@logrunner](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/logrunner)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2025, 5:15pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/having-trouble-making-filter-work/47956/2 "2025-06-07T17:15:40Z")

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> [@bruce](#):
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> What might be wrong?

I just looked at DD Ep61 to remind myself how it works; I haven’t used it yet.

You will need to provide more information on how you have setup the Filter Component and say one of the Container and Text containers to see what the issue is.

Alternatively, you could upload the project (maybe with just that page) to Elements Cloud and then someone may be able to help. 🙂

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**Post date:** [June 7, 2025, 5:21pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/having-trouble-making-filter-work/47956/3 "2025-06-07T17:21:04Z")

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I figured it out, but I have not seen this setting in any documentation. Filtering has to be “Enabled” on every container you want to be filtered.

 ![Screenshot 2025-06-07 at 12.20.18 PM](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/e/8/e8cd43a9e50565b5d039f6c24b3d10b0338e9cb3.png)

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**Author:** ![bruce](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/bruce/32/23155_2.png) [@bruce](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/bruce)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2025, 5:25pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/having-trouble-making-filter-work/47956/4 "2025-06-07T17:25:56Z")

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Now I need to find the setting to hide all the filtered out containers. So far I see those as greyed out. I want them hidden.

 ![Screenshot 2025-06-07 at 12.25.28 PM](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/f/1/f1e5e07ffd20266c2596c9c6902c22355e1a45e8.png)

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**Post date:** [June 7, 2025, 5:35pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/having-trouble-making-filter-work/47956/5 "2025-06-07T17:35:27Z")

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> [@bruce](#):
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> Now I need to find the setting to hide all the filtered out containers. So far I see those as greyed out. I want them hidden.

Try setting the **Transition** to **Slide**. 🙂

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**Post date:** [June 7, 2025, 5:45pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/having-trouble-making-filter-work/47956/6 "2025-06-07T17:45:11Z")

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OK. Found this setting too. It’s in the Container/Filter/Enable Filtering/Transition/Slide. And that has to be set for all the containers if you want them to disappear when filtered.

 ![Screenshot 2025-06-07 at 12.44.33 PM](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/2/8/289eadcfdd265b91298f44c948554fc4488559c4.png)