Hide field (element) by sys_id

[nealratner]

Has anyone tried (and hopefully succeeded) in hiding a form element by sys_id?   The standard way to hide a form field is:

setDisplay(fieldName, boolean)

But what if I just wanted to identify the field by sys_id '11e7374a4f37f6041fee7fe24210c737'

I am really trying to hide specific annotation fields and embedded lists...ctomasi

[Anurag Tripathi]

Hi Neal,

Have you tried using getControl or getElement

http://wiki.servicenow.com/index.php?title=GlideForm_(g_form)#getControl

[Anurag Tripathi]

Once you have the handle of the element, just use XX.style.display= 'none';

[nealratner]

Hi Anurag,

I was looking at both of those but wasn't sure if I could use an onChange client script or possibly UI Policy to perform the "hide/show" of those elements.

Unsure about them because of the following:

getControl(fieldName) requires the field name and "annotation" is the field name which is used all over and isn't unique, so that doesn't help.

I was hoping getElement(id) took the sys_id but it looks like "id" is really the table column label, which again doesn't help me for an annotation field or embedded list.

You mentioned using "XX.style.display= 'none';" but a couple quesitons (assuming we can figure out my earlier questions):

is "XX" the "id" or the var i would return that has the id?

I guess from there I could use a UI Policy with the following:

action if condition True: "XX.style.display= 'none';"

action if condition False: (don't put anything here as the default would be visible.   Maybe you could just help with an example?  

[Anurag Tripathi]

Hey Mate,

Just tried this on my personal instance, works like a charm

$j(".annotation-wrapper").hide();