setVisible works, but setDisplay doesn't

[petercawdron]

I'm looking to show/hide form content based on changes on a form (including show/hide of related lists) and would like to use setDisplay (because it reclaims white space on a form), but only setVisible seems to work (which leaves white space), setDisplay fails.

g_form.setVisible('short_description', false); //works

g_form.setDisplay('short_description', false); //doesn't work

Any ideas?

[petercawdron · Accepted solution]

Thanks for all the suggestions.... I've gone with a global UI policy. I had hoped to be able to do this from within an application scope, but it simply wasn't possible.

[na93]

Hi Peter,

Is it possible to do this for a scoped application?

Cheers,
Nabeel

[petercawdron]

In Kingson, g_form.setVisible works correctly (reclaiming the white space), so I think this is a bug that's been quietly resolved in the background

[Abhinay Erra]

I deserve some credit too in resolving your problem

[Tim Deniston]

I found a hidden gem in the service catalog's implementation of g_form today. setContainerDisplay: Can be used to show/hide an entire section and it works inside application scopes. 

Example:

g_form.setContainerDisplay('user_info', false);

Since it is undocumented, it might go away at any time. Good luck!