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Add Polypane to hide elements tip #130

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add Polypane to hide elements tip
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12 changes: 10 additions & 2 deletions src/tips/en/hide-elements.md
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date: 2024-06-12
authors: Patrick Brosset
title: Hide elements from the page, without changing the layout
tags: ["tip", "personalization", "css", "browser:edge", "browser:chrome", "browser:firefox"]
tags: ["tip", "personalization", "css", "browser:edge", "browser:chrome", "browser:firefox", "browser:polypane"]
see-also: ["remove-annoying-overlays.md"]
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In the DevTools' **Elements** (or **Inspector**) tool, you can delete nodes from the DOM tree by selecting them in the tool and then pressing <kbd>Delete</kbd> or <kbd>Backspace</kbd>. While this is great to completely remove the elements and make others take more space for example, it can also break the CSS layout of the page.
Expand All @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ To hide an element without removing it from the DOM tree, in DevTools:
1. Go to the **Elements** tool (called **Inspector** in Firefox).
1. Select the element you want to hide.

* Either from the poage, by right-clicking on it and selecting **Inspect**.
* Either from the page, by right-clicking on it and selecting **Inspect**.
* Or from the tool, by finding and clicking on the element in the DOM tree.

1. Press <kbd>H</kbd> on your keyboard.
Expand All @@ -28,3 +28,11 @@ To hide an element without removing it from the DOM tree, in DevTools:
To show the element again, make sure it's selected in the **Elements**/**Inspector** tool, and press <kbd>H</kbd> again.

![Chrome with DevTools opened, showing how pressing H hides elements from the page](../../assets/img/hide-elements.png)

### In Polypane

1. Select the element you want to hide in the **Elements** panel.
1. Click the **Eye** button in the toolbar. It will go from an open eye to a closed eye.
1. Click it again to show the element again.

![Polypane with the Elements panel opened, showing how Clicking the eye icon hides elements from the page](../../assets/img/hide-elements-polypane.png)
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