Hide entire Object List (and title/description) when empty

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#1

Hello all,

I have an Object called, "News". I'm using it to post announcements at the top of certain pages. I have it set to display only the 3 most recent news items in a list and that works fine. In this screenshot, the news items are appearing at the top of the Jobs page.

 

![](upload://ffvdSD8rgZCqmaRtqJ4IYWg87mH.jpeg)

 

The problem is when there is no news to share (it expires or someone turns them "off"), I can't hide the title and description of the list (title is "News", in this screenshot the description is empty, but I would like to actually use it).

This is what is displayed when there is no news:

![](upload://6wYQzyjqxOkSOGppPXnW8Fw0qh8.jpeg)

 

Is there an easy way to completely hide the Object list and it's title? I don't like that it's pushing important information further down the page, and not providing any value to users.

I tried this:

https://support.knack.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/222365427-Use-JavaScript-to-hide-show-views-if-text-found-on-page-

But I'm no JS expert, and I couldn't get it to work.

Any help would be most appreciated! Thank you in advance!

#2

You can easily hide tables with no data by using this.

https://www.knack.com/developer-documentation/#hide-empty-tables

#3

Ah, 116340968072 thank you so much! I had tried that but it didn't work. However, because of your post I realized I was missing a connection to make it function correctly. Thank you so much! You've just saved me a lot of frustration. Your help is most appreciated!

#4

Kimberly - First idea is to setup a Page Rule based on a criteria of that field being blank. If that field is blank, then hide the News view. 

how it looks in new Builder: 

![](upload://mxHkQhldNNyOVDy2bAh6CXkLEuv.jpeg)