How to: Hide/Display QlikSense Panels with MenuBar

Introduction

The below guide will show you how to create buttons that hide/show the QlikSense Title Bar, Selections Bar and Menu Bar. This allows users to present their apps with more screen space for easier viewing and a cleaner interface.

You will Need:

• You will firstly have to create these variables:

vS_SenseTitleBar= 0

vS_SenseSelectionBar= 0

vS_SenseMenuBar= 0

• Create a new item, Type: “Button Container“
  

Button Setup

• Scroll down and under “Settings” and create two buttons called “Sense Menu” and “Selections”.
  
  
  
• Expand the “Sense Menu” button and click on “State settings”
• Select your Icon and on the same screen click on “Actions”.
   
  
  

• Ensure that you insert the exact settings below and click on “Apply”

Name: Set variable, Variable Name: vS_SenseTitleBar, Variable content: =if(vS_SenseTitleBar='0','1','0')

Name: Set variable, Variable Name: vS_SenseMenuBar, Variable content =if(vS_SenseMenuBar='0','1','0')

• Expand the “Selections” button and click on “State settings”
• Select your Icon and on the same screen click on “Actions”.
  
  
  
• Ensure that you insert the exact settings below and click on “Apply”

Name: Set variable, Variable Name: vS_SenseSelectionBar, Variable content: =if(vS_SenseSelectionBar='0','1','0')

• Expand “Appearance”, then “Display” and select “Optional” for both “Sense Menu Bar” and “Sense Selection Bar”
• And insert the below settings:

Sense Menu Bar =$(vS_SenseMenuBar)
Sense Selection Bar =$(vS_SenseSelectionBar)

Final Result:

Users will be able to hide/show their Sense panels at the click of a button: