# Tab Visibility šŸ‘€ **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [June 18, 2020, 8:01pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/tab-visibility/11099 "2020-06-18T20:01:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Vitor\_Rosas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/vitor_rosas/32/2457_2.png) [@Vitor\_Rosas](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Vitor_Rosas)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2020, 2:03am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/tab-visibility/11099/21 "2020-06-19T02:03:37Z")
Great job! Now I can turn two app into only one! šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2020, 3:02am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/tab-visibility/11099/22 "2020-06-19T03:02:13Z")
@Robert_Petitto @nathanaelb Me and my friend are talking about potentially using this for a username - password experience but itā€™s just an idea now. What do you think about it? Iā€™m thinking of two user-specific columns for email and password in a public app, which will then be joined by a template column. If that template column matches a combination of email - password inside our sheet then show content, otherwise ask them to submit a new profile. ---
**Author:** ![Robert\_Petitto](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/robert_petitto/32/25193_2.png) [@Robert\_Petitto](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Robert_Petitto)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2020, 3:03am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/tab-visibility/11099/23 "2020-06-19T03:03:25Z")
Ooo creative! ---
**Author:** ![nathanaelb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/nathanaelb/32/43079_2.png) [@nathanaelb](https://community.glideapps.com/u/nathanaelb)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2020, 3:05am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/tab-visibility/11099/24 "2020-06-19T03:05:19Z")
Smart. Thatā€™s a good one! šŸ’Ŗ ---
**Author:** ![nathanaelb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/nathanaelb/32/43079_2.png) [@nathanaelb](https://community.glideapps.com/u/nathanaelb)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2020, 3:13am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/tab-visibility/11099/25 "2020-06-19T03:13:03Z")
Other category of use cases then, derived from your suggestions: - In general, **start app with a gated screen or flow of screens until the user takes action** : onboarding, login username + password, submits information for user profile, uploads a document, app announcement, checks a box (T&Cs, GDPR?), etc. ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2020, 3:14am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/tab-visibility/11099/26 "2020-06-19T03:14:54Z")
As I was typing that out I thought about using it for solving the dilemma that we have had for so long, which is a middleground between public and public with email. Restaurants, marketplaces want people to see their products without logging in, and only requires a login when they purchase things. Can we also use this username - password method to provide some kind of a login workaround button? Letā€™s say when people want to make a purchase but their user-specific column containing email & password is empty, show them a button that links to a screen where they can input their email & password. If that matches one in our sheet then show the buy button. Link the purchase to the email stored in the user-specific column. ---
**Author:** ![nathanaelb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/nathanaelb/32/43079_2.png) [@nathanaelb](https://community.glideapps.com/u/nathanaelb)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2020, 3:18am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/tab-visibility/11099/27 "2020-06-19T03:18:21Z")
In theory it sounds like a great idea. You wonā€™t know for sure until you try to implement! šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Jaime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4bbf92/32.png) [@Jaime](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jaime)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2020, 4:42am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/tab-visibility/11099/28 "2020-06-19T04:42:17Z")
Wouldnā€™t that require the app admin manually adding the various user-pw combos to the sheet so that the user can match with one? Or am I missing something ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2020, 4:54am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/tab-visibility/11099/29 "2020-06-19T04:54:28Z")
We might use a form to submit that, which says something like ā€œIf you have not registered an account, click hereā€. ---
**Author:** ![Stephanie\_Bonnet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/stephanie_bonnet/32/105_2.png) [@Stephanie\_Bonnet](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Stephanie_Bonnet)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2020, 6:40am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/tab-visibility/11099/30 "2020-06-19T06:40:58Z")
That was my exact idea when I read about this. My premium app has additional features that are not tabs though (notes, favourites) but certainly could work for hiding/revealing the map tab. Other thought was along what you said too: have one tab per country for instance and people get access to them when they buy that country info. @JackVaughan does this work if the tab is a different view of a main sheet or does it have to be that the tab is coming from one specific sheet only? ---
**Author:** ![Phil\_Jackson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/phil_jackson/32/5939_2.png) [@Phil\_Jackson](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Phil_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2020, 6:48am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/tab-visibility/11099/31 "2020-06-19T06:48:51Z")
Let me know as I was thinking the same thing - Make it a public app but then have a login screen that then covers all of the ts and cs and sign-up stuff, and it then transfers into a public with email app. ---
**Author:** ![Rosewebstudio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/rosewebstudio/32/12261_2.png) [@Rosewebstudio](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Rosewebstudio)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2020, 7:03am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/tab-visibility/11099/32 "2020-06-19T07:03:47Z")
Great for developing new tabs/screens (or redesigning an existing tab/screen) behind a cloak of invisibilityā€¦Once you have finished ā€˜playing aroundā€™ just make the new one visible or if your redesigning just then hide the old one and replace with the new one. Cool šŸ•¶ ---
**Author:** ![Roberto\_Salim](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/roberto_salim/32/6861_2.png) [@Roberto\_Salim](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Roberto_Salim)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2020, 7:17am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/tab-visibility/11099/33 "2020-06-19T07:17:28Z")
@ThinhDinh this is really powerful, will it create a demo model? but is this option available for public application? ---
**Author:** ![Rosewebstudio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/rosewebstudio/32/12261_2.png) [@Rosewebstudio](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Rosewebstudio)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2020, 7:18am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/tab-visibility/11099/34 "2020-06-19T07:18:21Z")
I wonder if it could be used to switch on the hamburger menu. ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2020, 7:29am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/tab-visibility/11099/35 "2020-06-19T07:29:02Z")
I plan to create one and will post it to the community when itā€™s ready, of course I plan it to be a public one. ---
**Author:** ![Roberto\_Salim](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/roberto_salim/32/6861_2.png) [@Roberto\_Salim](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Roberto_Salim)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2020, 7:41am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/tab-visibility/11099/36 "2020-06-19T07:41:24Z")
In relation to the public, I am asking why here for me, the option is not enabled. ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2020, 7:47am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/tab-visibility/11099/37 "2020-06-19T07:47:14Z")
What ā€œoptionā€ are you referring to? Sorry I canā€™t catch it. ---
**Author:** ![Roberto\_Salim](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/roberto_salim/32/6861_2.png) [@Roberto\_Salim](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Roberto_Salim)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2020, 7:59am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/tab-visibility/11099/38 "2020-06-19T07:59:01Z")
Here, see, this application is public, and the option is not enabled. More when I choose a public app with email it enables. Thatā€™s why I asked. ![Capturar.PNG](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/2X/8/8d018bb4d40f8c31726a7520c3e584f78c1496c1.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2020, 8:08am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/tab-visibility/11099/39 "2020-06-19T08:08:57Z")
You have not configured User Profiles for it, when you have enabled it, it will work with a public app. ---
**Author:** ![Roberto\_Salim](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/roberto_salim/32/6861_2.png) [@Roberto\_Salim](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Roberto_Salim)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2020, 8:11am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/tab-visibility/11099/40 "2020-06-19T08:11:34Z")
Got it, thanks for the guidance. [Previous page](https://community.glideapps.com/t/tab-visibility/11099.md?page=1) [Next page](https://community.glideapps.com/t/tab-visibility/11099.md?page=3)