# How to Disable Prospective Components via Binding?

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition80, perspective\
**Created:** [October 13, 2020, 8:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-disable-prospective-components-via-binding/39646 "2020-10-13T20:16:28Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 13, 2020, 9:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-disable-prospective-components-via-binding/39646/4 "2020-10-13T21:18:32Z")

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Flex children should have a `display` attribute in component meta that can be set to false to (internally) set them to `display: none`, which makes them skip layout completely. Use that over `visible` if that’s what you actually need to do.

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