# Setting visibility?

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setting-visibility/9624
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [December 15, 2002, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setting-visibility/9624 "2002-12-15T15:59:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![Furious5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bb73d2/32.png) [@Furious5](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Furious5)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2002, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setting-visibility/9624/1 "2002-12-15T15:59:17Z")

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I want to set the visibility of a movie clip (containerMC) can anyone suggest how I can toggle visibility on clicking a button?

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### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2002, 4:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setting-visibility/9624/2 "2002-12-15T16:09:03Z")

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You can use the \_visible property of the movie clip.

```php

on(release){
  if(containerMC._visible == true){
    containerMC._visible = false;
  } else {
    containerMC._visible = true;
  }
}

```

OR, you can cut that down to the following if you want to use the “?:” conditional statement:

```php

on(release){
  containerMC._visible = containerMC._visible ? false : true;
}

```

Hope that helps.

-Al

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### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2002, 4:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setting-visibility/9624/3 "2002-12-15T16:37:07Z")

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Spot on, exactly what I needed