# Show hidden Topic using Trigger

**URL:** <https://community.evolveauthoring.com/t/show-hidden-topic-using-trigger/2185>\
**Category:** General Help\
**Created:** [March 5, 2023, 8:26am UTC](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/t/show-hidden-topic-using-trigger/2185 "2023-03-05T08:26:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Linwong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d26b3c/32.png) [@Linwong](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/u/Linwong)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2023, 8:26am UTC](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/t/show-hidden-topic-using-trigger/2185/1 "2023-03-05T08:26:15Z")

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Hi everyone, is there any way to show hidden Topics using the trigger?

The only options I see to show hidden elements are for:

- Pages
- Article
- Block
- Component
- Dialog

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**Author:** ![BarryBPS](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.evolveauthoring.com/barrybps/32/540_2.png) [@BarryBPS](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/u/BarryBPS)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2023, 9:00am UTC](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/t/show-hidden-topic-using-trigger/2185/2 "2023-03-05T09:00:10Z")

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Hi Linwong,

I don’t think this is possible but I’m commenting as I would like to see this too.

As it stands, I can show/hide pages within a topic using a trigger but I cannot show/hide the containing topic.

It would be really helpful is this can be added to Evolve.

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**Author:** ![Linwong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d26b3c/32.png) [@Linwong](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/u/Linwong)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2023, 9:12am UTC](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/t/show-hidden-topic-using-trigger/2185/3 "2023-03-05T09:12:18Z")

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Hi BarryBPS, thank you for your comment! It sure will give more possibilities in building courses.

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**Author:** ![BarryBPS](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.evolveauthoring.com/barrybps/32/540_2.png) [@BarryBPS](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/u/BarryBPS)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 8:24am UTC](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/t/show-hidden-topic-using-trigger/2185/4 "2023-03-06T08:24:04Z")

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Another option I would like to see is the ability to lock/unlock topics/pages with logic. As far as I can tell it’s not possible and can only be done this way:

![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/evolveauthoring/original/2X/f/f6c88587defc82cd6d69cb4d10e88b1d5f589e03.png)

This is still very useful of course and we use it a lot. But logic unlocking would be great 🙂

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**Author:** ![Matt\_Leathes](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.evolveauthoring.com/matt_leathes/32/586_2.png) [@Matt\_Leathes](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/u/Matt_Leathes)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 11:34am UTC](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/t/show-hidden-topic-using-trigger/2185/5 "2023-03-06T11:34:53Z")

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We’ve had a few requests for this so I’ll have a look into it and see how much effort it’s going to take.

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**Author:** ![Andy\_Moorman](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.evolveauthoring.com/andy_moorman/32/314_2.png) [@Andy\_Moorman](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/u/Andy_Moorman)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 4:41pm UTC](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/t/show-hidden-topic-using-trigger/2185/6 "2025-04-01T16:41:28Z")

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@Matt_Leathes Add me to the list of people who would love to see show/hide topic in logic 😉