How to hide button in Desktop Compose

Question

I am developing an app with Desktop Compose Multi-Platform.
I need to hide the button when it has been clicked. Please see below code:

OutlinedButton(
        onClick = {
            // Perform an operation
            // Hide the button
        }) {
        Text(text = "CLick Here")
    }

As compared to android, Desktop Compose does not have visibility modifiers.
for e.g. visibility = View.GONE

So how to hide the button on the onClick event ?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 20 '22 at 08:41

Any view modifications in Compose are done using state variables.

If you need the view to be completely removed, you can do it like this:

var isButtonVisible by remember { mutableStateOf(true) }
if (isButtonVisible) {
    OutlinedButton(
        onClick = {
            // Perform an operation
            isButtonVisible = false
        }) {
        Text(text = "CLick Here")
    }
}

If you want to save space in the layout, you can simply hide it with Modifier.alpha. For example, if you have a row with a couple of elements and you don't want them to move after the button disappears.

var isButtonVisible by remember { mutableStateOf(true) }
OutlinedButton(
    onClick = {
        // Perform an operation
        isButtonVisible = false
    },
    modifier = Modifier.alpha(if (isButtonVisible) 1f else 0f)
) {
    Text(text = "CLick Here")
}

I suggest you check out with state in Compose documentation, including this youtube video which explains the basic principles.

How to hide button in Desktop Compose

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