# Edit Screen Visibility Conditions are backwards
**URL:** https://community.glideapps.com/t/edit-screen-visibility-conditions-are-backwards/86317
**Category:** Report a Bug
**Created:** [February 11, 2026, 2:22am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/edit-screen-visibility-conditions-are-backwards/86317 "2026-02-11T02:22:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
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### Author:  [@Ja\_ke](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Ja_ke)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2026, 2:22am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/edit-screen-visibility-conditions-are-backwards/86317/1 "2026-02-11T02:22:48Z")
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**Description**
- When I open an Edit screen for a given item (in this case, “Materials”), the visibility conditions seem to be reversed.
The same condition is set to the delete button, and it functions just fine. It appears to be something specific to the “show edit screen” action.
**How to replicate**
- From dashboard… click “Materials”. Then try to edit any of the materials. On the edit screen you will find a hint component that says
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### Author:  [@nathanaelb](https://community.glideapps.com/u/nathanaelb)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2026, 11:52am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/edit-screen-visibility-conditions-are-backwards/86317/2 "2026-02-11T11:52:47Z")
The boolean column/variable has 3 states:
- empty (at initiation)
- true (checked)
- false (unchecked, after that state has gone through true once)
The checked or unchecked boxes in a boolean column do not let you see visually that there are indeed 3 states, since empty and false display the same empty box.
If you edit a boolean column and change it to a text type, you can indeed verify that “empty” and “false” share the same empty box.
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### Author:  [@Ja\_ke](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Ja_ke)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2026, 1:34pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/edit-screen-visibility-conditions-are-backwards/86317/3 "2026-02-11T13:34:48Z")
this particular boolean is an If then else, with no states leading to null values.
I also have the basic boolean columns in the app default to on, then turned back off via flows when row is written to avoid the null values.
The “Deletable State: False” is pulling the value directly from the if then else column in question, so it is not null.
That also doesnt explain why the exact same column, if used as a condition on the “Show Edit Screen” action, works correctly.
I cant come up with any possible answer besides there is either a bug, or a very weird interaction with the state of computed columns on edit screens. But the output of those computed coloumns (in this case, boolean if then else) appears functional and correct when used in other components on the screen.
ONLY when visibility condition is based on it.
I considered the null value, and tried various combinations of visbility conditions/boolaen true/false/null outputs and its always opposite of what it should be.
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### Author:  [@Lewis\_Parker](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Lewis_Parker)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2026, 3:27pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/edit-screen-visibility-conditions-are-backwards/86317/4 "2026-02-11T15:27:01Z")
I would suggest deleting that picture if that file url has anything sensitive on it
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### Author:  [@Ja\_ke](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Ja_ke)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2026, 3:45pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/edit-screen-visibility-conditions-are-backwards/86317/5 "2026-02-11T15:45:57Z")
Thanks, and good point. Its not an actual medical form though, just random garbage file.
That being said, it shouldn’t be accessible even if somebody did try to look no?
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### Author:  [@Lewis\_Parker](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Lewis_Parker)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2026, 3:46pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/edit-screen-visibility-conditions-are-backwards/86317/6 "2026-02-11T15:46:47Z")
Hey yeah it will be im pretty sure but i dont fancy typing it all in lol
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### Author:  [@Lewis\_Parker](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Lewis_Parker)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2026, 3:47pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/edit-screen-visibility-conditions-are-backwards/86317/7 "2026-02-11T15:47:33Z")
> [@File Storage Security](https://community.glideapps.com/t/file-storage-security/69161):
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> I am working on a Property Management App (Private) and now the Client wishes to upload relevant PDF documents per line item. I have seen that Files are stored something like this [https://storage.googleapis.com/glide-prod.appspot.com/uploads-v2/7UMBz0rLhRwV3l9I8ZKm/pub/PMC0IuEW7M4Mm05ONz4e.jpg (1200×900) (cloudinary.com)](https://res.cloudinary.com/glide/image/fetch/f_auto,w_1200,c_limit/https%3A%2F%2Fstorage.googleapis.com%2Fglide-prod.appspot.com%2Fuploads-v2%2F7UMBz0rLhRwV3l9I8ZKm%2Fpub%2FPMC0IuEW7M4Mm05ONz4esss.jpg) which makes me believe that Files stored within Glide should be pretty safe. Would appreciate some feedback, many thanks and all the best for 2024!
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### Author:  [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2026, 12:36am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/edit-screen-visibility-conditions-are-backwards/86317/8 "2026-02-12T00:36:07Z")
Why are you checking “Is True” opposed to “Is Checked”? Is the full set of options for that ITE column not fully boolean?
I was wondering if you can check that, and if you don’t want to change the options, check for “true” instead of “True”. Capitalization matters here.
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### Author:  [@Ja\_ke](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Ja_ke)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2026, 12:05pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/edit-screen-visibility-conditions-are-backwards/86317/9 "2026-02-12T12:05:04Z")
Only because it was the last variant I tried.
All possible combinations result in the opposite effect than intended.
I even tried rewriting the if then else altogether and all versions of it give opposite result than intended.
If I copy and paste it to a basic boolean, it works. Left as if then else, opposite. Not null, but actively opposite.
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### Author:  [@Ja\_ke](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Ja_ke)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2026, 12:34pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/edit-screen-visibility-conditions-are-backwards/86317/10 "2026-02-12T12:34:42Z")
I took a look again with fresh eyes and nope… it really is backwards.
In this first photo, is does NOT show on screen. I wrote the conditions being used in the text so i could show in same photo.
In this second photo, it DOES show on screen.
I feel like im going crazy, but also it is hard to see how this is possibly an error on my end!
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### Author:  [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2026, 12:08am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/edit-screen-visibility-conditions-are-backwards/86317/11 "2026-02-13T00:08:00Z")
Can you send a private message with the link for me to join your team and tell me how to navigate to that screen?
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### Author:  [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2026, 4:22am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/edit-screen-visibility-conditions-are-backwards/86317/12 "2026-02-13T04:22:30Z")
I can reproduce the problem @Ja_ke mentioned. It seems like the calculation in that Edit screen for the relevant If-Then-Else column isn’t passed on correctly to visibility conditions.
I have tagged the support team to take a look.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.glideapps.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2026, 4:23am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/edit-screen-visibility-conditions-are-backwards/86317/14 "2026-08-12T04:23:38Z")
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