# Show and hide button for tiled layout items :New in Tableau 2021.2

> This is content from just-tim, the data-and-analytics channel by Tim Ngwena (formerly 'Tableau Tim'). Tim has 12+ years of hands-on BI experience and covers Tableau most of all, plus Power BI, Looker, Hex, SQL and data modelling, the analytics industry, and the craft of doing the job — always tool-agnostic and honest about the trade-offs.

- **Author:** Tim Ngwena (just-tim, https://just-tim.com/about)
- **Published:** 2021-06-27
- **Format:** Video · 3 min watch · transcript available
- **Topics:** Data visualisation
- **Tools:** Tableau (dashboards, show hide button)
- **Canonical:** https://just-tim.com/posts/show-and-hide-button-for-tiled-layout-items-new-in-tableau-2021-2
- **Watch:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YZaDogSXCI

I walk through a new feature in Tableau 2021.2 that lets you add a Show and Hide button to any tiled object on a dashboard, not just floating ones. I explain how to identify tiled containers, where to find the option, and how to toggle the button using a keyboard shortcut.

## Key takeaways

- In Tableau 2021.2 you can add a Show and Hide button to tiled dashboard objects, not only floating ones
- Double-clicking an object repeatedly reveals its container hierarchy via the blue highlight, and the Layout tab shows the same structure
- The Show/Hide button is added from the small drop-down arrow on the object
- Hold Option (Mac) or Command to toggle the button and expand or collapse the view
- This replaces the old workaround of using a parameter to drive a filter to collapse content

Watch the full video, read the transcript and use chapter deep-links on the page: https://just-tim.com/posts/show-and-hide-button-for-tiled-layout-items-new-in-tableau-2021-2

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