How to work with hidden elements and comments in studio ?

What are you trying to do?

Hello !

Working on a multi-steps form (but that would be the same for any page using conditionally visible elements), I would like to see all hidden element at once to check consistency. I cannot find a way to show all hidden elements in studio. I understand it could be a real mess in the canva depending on the complexity of the page, but in many cases it should be ok. Did I miss the option ?

For now I am just waiting until last minute to set visibility parameters, but it will not do for verifications and changes afterwards.

Entering collaborative work with comments on some hidden elements, I have noticed that clicking a comment will sometimes show the element (in design mode only, but it does not seem to always work). However, I am not “sent” to it on the canva and have to find it by changing my view (this is probably a bug). It would obviously be better to view it right away.

What have you tried so far? (please link relevant docs and other forum posts)

I have read the doc and searched the forum and clicked everywhere in studio :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

Relevant links:

Hi @jay-dee Thanks for the detailed feedback.

Regarding showing all hidden elements:
Currently, there’s no built-in option to toggle visibility for all conditionally hidden elements at once in the Studio. I’ll add this to our backlog, though I can’t commit to a timeline for when this might be implemented.

Regarding the comment navigation bug:
You’re right that this appears to be a bug. When clicking a comment on a hidden element, it should both reveal the element AND navigate/scroll to it in the canvas. We’ll investigate and fix this issue, and I’ll update you once it’s resolved.

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Hi @abbas_nazar , thank you for your answer.

Regarding showing all hidden elements, I just realized working on an app that there is another use case: just see those who should have been deleted in the process but remained hidden (in my case with conditions), before publishing!

hi @jay-dee, comment on hidden element bug is fixed, please check and let us know if you’re still experiencing any issue

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Perfect for now, thank you!