# Show non visible components in Design mode

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/show-non-visible-components-in-design-mode/11500>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [April 13, 2016, 4:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/show-non-visible-components-in-design-mode/11500 "2016-04-13T16:31:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![ellcap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a698b9/32.png) [@ellcap](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ellcap)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2016, 4:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/show-non-visible-components-in-design-mode/11500/1 "2016-04-13T16:31:36Z")

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Is there a method I can use for a window to see if it’s in design mode? I have a show/hide tags button so the operators can see tags in runtime if they want. I’d like to, if I’m in design mode, always have them show. I can do it by making the default tag value to 0 and show on 0, but I’d instead like to see the tags anytime I’m in design mode.

Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![nmudge](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nmudge/32/3394_2.png) [@nmudge](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nmudge)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2016, 9:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/show-non-visible-components-in-design-mode/11500/2 "2016-04-13T21:27:36Z")

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Hello,

Put a Timer component in your window and have it run once a second. In your Timer component event script run this function to find out if the window is open in the designer: system.util.getSystemFlags [docs.inductiveautomation.com/di … ystemFlags](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC/system.util.getSystemFlags)

If the window is in the designer then have your Timeout component event script get whatever components and set the visible property to True.

Best,

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**Author:** ![ellcap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a698b9/32.png) [@ellcap](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ellcap)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2016, 9:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/show-non-visible-components-in-design-mode/11500/3 "2016-04-13T21:50:24Z")

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Thank you I will try that.