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Invisible Binding

The Kendo UI Invisible (invisible) binding hides or shows the target DOM element or widget depending on the View-Model value.

If the value is true, the target DOM element is hidden—its display CSS attribute is set to none. If the value is false, the target DOM element is shown.

Non-Boolean values, such as 0, null, undefined, and "", are treated as false by the invisible binding. All other values are treated as true.

The following example demonstrates how to use the invisible binding. The div element is initially hidden because the value of the isInvisible field is true. When the user clicks the button, the div is shown because the value of the isInvisible field is set to false.

<div id="view">
    <div data-bind="invisible: isInvisible">some content
    </div>
    <button data-bind="click: show">Show</button>
</div>
<script>
var viewModel = kendo.observable({
    isInvisible: true,
    show: function() {
        this.set("isInvisible", false);
    }
});

kendo.bind($("#view"), viewModel);
</script>

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