Show / Hide Fields

[Prometheus73]

Is it at all possible to show or hide fields based on a selection from a drop down box. I am new to access but have built a database, I have around 7 different options to choose from. But only one should trigger the other fields to appear.

Thanks 🙏 again for your help...

[NeoPa]

Not only possible, but a common requirement :-) Welcome to Bytes.com.

In the _AfterUpdate() event procedure you would have code that sets the visibility of other Controls (Not Fields exactly - Fields do little more than hold data whereas Controls are a little more complicated.) based on the value found in your other Control.

At a very basic level, if you have a Form (frmX), a ComboBox Control (cboY) and just one TextBox Control (txtZ) to be shown (if cboY = "A") or hidden (if cboY = {anything else}) then you would want code based on this simple template :

Private Sub cboY_AfterUpdate()
    Dim blnVisible As Boolean
 
    With Me
        blnVisible = .cboY = "A"
        .txtZ.Visible = blnVisible
    End With
End Sub

[isladogs]

For info, if this is being done in a table, query or datasheet form, you can just right click and Select Hide Fields