# Hidden or Invisible

**URL:** <https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/hidden-or-invisible/47854>\
**Category:** Elements\
**Created:** [May 31, 2025, 6:41pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/hidden-or-invisible/47854 "2025-05-31T18:41:29Z")\
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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:** [May 31, 2025, 6:41pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/hidden-or-invisible/47854/1 "2025-05-31T18:41:30Z")

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What is the difference between hidden and invisible?

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**Author:** ![handshaper](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/handshaper/32/27373_2.png) [@handshaper](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/handshaper)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2025, 6:45pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/hidden-or-invisible/47854/2 "2025-05-31T18:45:39Z")

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“Hidden” will remove the element from the stack, while “Invisible” will simply not render it but leave it in the stack. What this means that if an element is invisible it will still leave a blank space on your page, while a hidden you will not.

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**Author:** ![upssjw](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/upssjw/32/26063_2.png) [@upssjw](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/upssjw)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2025, 6:56pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/hidden-or-invisible/47854/3 "2025-05-31T18:56:09Z")

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in practice

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**Author:** ![dcharlesv](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dcharlesv/32/34615_2.png) [@dcharlesv](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dcharlesv)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2025, 12:39pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/hidden-or-invisible/47854/4 "2025-08-08T12:39:28Z")

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Once an element is hidden or invisible in layout, how do you get it back?

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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:** [August 8, 2025, 12:49pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/hidden-or-invisible/47854/5 "2025-08-08T12:49:54Z")

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Select it in the Page Layout panel and then you can make it unhidden in the Layout section of the Inspector panel