Develop visibility states for a dynamic block by adding visibility parameters.
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Transcript
00:04
We'll look at adding different block views
00:07
to a block using a visibility parameter.
00:11
This is useful as it can eliminate the need for multiple blocks.
00:15
I'll keep this simple and only use three blocks for this.
00:20
I'll start off with the largest block first as it will
00:23
make it easier to control things in the block editor.
00:27
So I'll go ahead and
00:30
bring this into the block editor.
00:33
And the first thing I wanna do is in the block editor,
00:37
I wanna add a visibility parameter.
00:40
So I'll go to the parameters tab
00:43
grab visibility
00:46
and you wanna be sure to put this in a location that's not covered by the block,
00:51
which is a major reason why I like to start off with the large block first.
00:57
Once you have a visibility parameter,
00:60
you need to go to the visibility states on the visibility panel.
01:06
Remember visibility states
01:09
dictate which block elements are visible when you change to each view option.
01:16
And it's a good idea to
01:18
rename the visibility state.
01:20
I'll call this tree. Now keep in mind these visibility states
01:25
are what is gonna show up on your grip for the dynamic block?
01:30
Then
01:31
I'm gonna go to the insert command
01:34
to bring in
01:35
other blocks.
01:39
And
01:40
the next one I'll bring in
01:43
is called palm.
01:48
I'll put this at zero, comma zero.
01:54
And then what I need to do
01:57
is create another visibility.
02:02
So we'll go back to visibility states. I'll click the new button
02:07
and I'll call this palm
02:10
and then say,
02:11
OK,
02:13
now this is where it's important
02:16
to understand some of the other functionality on the visibility panel.
02:21
For
02:24
the visibility of tree.
02:27
I want to make sure that I make the palm
02:31
invisible.
02:32
So notice I have access to my visibilities in this drop-down
02:37
with trees. Set current.
02:39
I'm gonna go ahead and make
02:41
palm
02:43
invisible.
02:51
Then
02:52
we'll go ahead and select
02:55
palm
02:56
and we want to make
02:58
tree
02:59
invisible.
03:04
So we wanna make sure that we grab
03:07
all the parts of the tree
03:12
and make that
03:13
invisible.
03:15
Finally, we'll go ahead and bring one more block in
03:20
and we'll put it at zero comma zero
03:23
and then we'll create another visibility state.
03:28
We'll call this
03:30
shrub
03:36
and click. OK?
03:40
And then
03:42
for this visibility state,
03:45
we want to make sure that tree,
03:50
the circle for tree
03:54
and palm
03:55
are set to invisible
04:00
before we test this out.
04:03
One thing I recommend is go into the
04:08
visibility parameter,
04:11
go to the properties
04:13
and
04:14
you can keep the name as visibility one if you like. But for the description
04:20
I'm gonna type in
04:22
tree type because remember this is what's gonna be on the grip drop down.
04:27
So I'm gonna go ahead and test the block.
04:33
So when I click on it,
04:35
I should have my three
04:38
different view parameters.
04:42
And you can see I need to edit
04:45
the palm
04:46
parameter
04:48
because the palm parameter actually shows
04:53
the shrub in it.
04:55
So this is why I recommend
04:58
testing
04:59
the block before
05:03
you save it.
05:05
So I'm gonna go back to the palm
05:08
visibility state
05:11
and I'm gonna make sure
05:14
that I turn
05:16
the shrub
05:18
as invisible
05:20
during that state. So once again, I'll go back and I'll test the block,
05:28
then we'll test each visibility state
05:36
and it looks like
05:39
we're good. So we'll close the test block
05:43
and then remember every time you get done with your edits,
05:47
you wanna go ahead and close the block editor
05:50
and make sure that you save the changes
05:54
to that block.
00:04
We'll look at adding different block views
00:07
to a block using a visibility parameter.
00:11
This is useful as it can eliminate the need for multiple blocks.
00:15
I'll keep this simple and only use three blocks for this.
00:20
I'll start off with the largest block first as it will
00:23
make it easier to control things in the block editor.
00:27
So I'll go ahead and
00:30
bring this into the block editor.
00:33
And the first thing I wanna do is in the block editor,
00:37
I wanna add a visibility parameter.
00:40
So I'll go to the parameters tab
00:43
grab visibility
00:46
and you wanna be sure to put this in a location that's not covered by the block,
00:51
which is a major reason why I like to start off with the large block first.
00:57
Once you have a visibility parameter,
00:60
you need to go to the visibility states on the visibility panel.
01:06
Remember visibility states
01:09
dictate which block elements are visible when you change to each view option.
01:16
And it's a good idea to
01:18
rename the visibility state.
01:20
I'll call this tree. Now keep in mind these visibility states
01:25
are what is gonna show up on your grip for the dynamic block?
01:30
Then
01:31
I'm gonna go to the insert command
01:34
to bring in
01:35
other blocks.
01:39
And
01:40
the next one I'll bring in
01:43
is called palm.
01:48
I'll put this at zero, comma zero.
01:54
And then what I need to do
01:57
is create another visibility.
02:02
So we'll go back to visibility states. I'll click the new button
02:07
and I'll call this palm
02:10
and then say,
02:11
OK,
02:13
now this is where it's important
02:16
to understand some of the other functionality on the visibility panel.
02:21
For
02:24
the visibility of tree.
02:27
I want to make sure that I make the palm
02:31
invisible.
02:32
So notice I have access to my visibilities in this drop-down
02:37
with trees. Set current.
02:39
I'm gonna go ahead and make
02:41
palm
02:43
invisible.
02:51
Then
02:52
we'll go ahead and select
02:55
palm
02:56
and we want to make
02:58
tree
02:59
invisible.
03:04
So we wanna make sure that we grab
03:07
all the parts of the tree
03:12
and make that
03:13
invisible.
03:15
Finally, we'll go ahead and bring one more block in
03:20
and we'll put it at zero comma zero
03:23
and then we'll create another visibility state.
03:28
We'll call this
03:30
shrub
03:36
and click. OK?
03:40
And then
03:42
for this visibility state,
03:45
we want to make sure that tree,
03:50
the circle for tree
03:54
and palm
03:55
are set to invisible
04:00
before we test this out.
04:03
One thing I recommend is go into the
04:08
visibility parameter,
04:11
go to the properties
04:13
and
04:14
you can keep the name as visibility one if you like. But for the description
04:20
I'm gonna type in
04:22
tree type because remember this is what's gonna be on the grip drop down.
04:27
So I'm gonna go ahead and test the block.
04:33
So when I click on it,
04:35
I should have my three
04:38
different view parameters.
04:42
And you can see I need to edit
04:45
the palm
04:46
parameter
04:48
because the palm parameter actually shows
04:53
the shrub in it.
04:55
So this is why I recommend
04:58
testing
04:59
the block before
05:03
you save it.
05:05
So I'm gonna go back to the palm
05:08
visibility state
05:11
and I'm gonna make sure
05:14
that I turn
05:16
the shrub
05:18
as invisible
05:20
during that state. So once again, I'll go back and I'll test the block,
05:28
then we'll test each visibility state
05:36
and it looks like
05:39
we're good. So we'll close the test block
05:43
and then remember every time you get done with your edits,
05:47
you wanna go ahead and close the block editor
05:50
and make sure that you save the changes
05:54
to that block.
