# Security: Viewable vs. Visible

**URL:** <https://forum.servoy.com/t/security-viewable-vs-visible/13748>\
**Category:** Classic Servoy\
**Created:** [March 17, 2011, 9:13pm UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/security-viewable-vs-visible/13748 "2011-03-17T21:13:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![msedita](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@msedita](https://forum.servoy.com/u/msedita)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 9:13pm UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/security-viewable-vs-visible/13748/1 "2011-03-17T21:13:42Z")

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Setting an element’s visible property overrides the viewable security property for the element. I don’t think it should but this issue goes back a long way, and I guess it was never addressed. How can I test to see if security prohibits an element from being viewed, so I can make sure not to set the visible property to true? The accessible security setting cannot be overridden in code, can it?

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**Author:** ![pbakker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a4c791/32.png) [@pbakker](https://forum.servoy.com/u/pbakker)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 8:44am UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/security-viewable-vs-visible/13748/2 "2011-03-18T08:44:36Z")

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Is this is indeed the case, it’s a bug. Can you file a case for that, so it can be addressed?

Paul

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**Author:** ![msedita](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@msedita](https://forum.servoy.com/u/msedita)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 10:20am UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/security-viewable-vs-visible/13748/3 "2011-03-18T10:20:30Z")

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Thanks Paul. I’ll file a case.

FYI, here is an old thread describing the same issue: [viewtopic.php?f=8&t=2596&p=11717&hilit=bug+security+viewable#p11717](http://forum.servoy.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=2596&p=11717&hilit=bug+security+viewable#p11717) I’m just surprised this hasn’t come up more often.