Hide a section by default when form loads

Question

I am battling with SharePoint forms in InfoPath 2013 with little success.

I wish to hide a section by defualt when the form loads, and display it if a checkbox is checked.

I have the section showing/hiding based on a rule, but I want to hide the section by default, and show it if the checkbox is checked.

I tried setting the value of the checkbox on form load to trigger the hiding, but this didn't work.

It feels like this shouldn't be so difficult, but it is...

Answer 1

You can set a "Formatting" rule on the item (section). And use the check "Hide this control" based on the Conditions you want.

Answer 2

What I was missing was setting the false() value to the control on form load, this triggered the rule to hide the section as expected.