{"identifier":39797,"topic":"Commands","name":"hide","text":"<code><pre>hide menuBar\nhide titleBar\nhide groups\nhide card picture\nhide background picture\nhide picture of <i>card<\/i><u>\n<\/u>hide picture of <i>bkgnd<\/i>\nhide <i>field<\/i>\nhide <i>button<\/i><\/pre><\/code> <code><pre>hide <i>window<\/i>\nhide <i>externalWindow<\/i><\/pre><\/code> <br>\n<br>\nThe<code> hide <\/code>command  removes HyperCard objects and elements from view. <br><br>\n\n <code>hide menuBar <\/code>removes the menu bar from the top of the screen.  <br><br>\n\n <code>hide titleBar <\/code>removes the title bar on the card window. <br><br>\n\n Use both of these commands with care: hiding the menu bar, or the title bar of a window, may confuse your users. <br>\n","related":{"27092":null,"32483":"close","47827":"show","82724":"showPict","88724":"visible"},"examples":"","demo":"on hideDemo\n   set cursor to watch\n   <b>hide<\/b> titleBar\n   lock screen\n   <b>hide<\/b> bkgnd field \"demo script\"\n   show bkgnd field \"demo field\"\n   displayMessage \"Let us go then you and I\"\n   unlock screen with dissolve\n   wait 2 seconds\n   lock screen\n   <b>hide<\/b> bkgnd field \"demo field\"\n   show bkgnd field \"demo script\"\n   unlock screen with dissolve\n   show titleBar\n end hideDemo\n ","debug":{"9":["hide menuBar\rhide ti"],"10":["The hide command  re"]}}