Hide just the "(empty)" column/row in Matrix

[Patrick_Esmonde]

Hi there, I am using the Matrix blocks and would like to just hide the “(empty)”, but show the remaining columns that may or may not have values. If I check the box to hide the empty rows, it also hides columns without data in them. I’d like to just hide the “(empty)” column/row when there is no data. The rest of the actually empty columns/rows I’d like to keep so I can show that we indeed don’t have anything in that matrix. See example

[Mac]

I think you can create a filter on the table your matrix is referencing that removes blanks. That should take care of it.

[Patrick_Esmonde]

What filter would I use? The table the matrix is based on only shows the records that are already appearing here. The “(empty)” is not an available drop-down in my lists–it’s programmatically there.

[Mac]

Sorry, it’s this option on your matrix block:

[Patrick_Esmonde]

Hi Mac,

Thanks for the response. I have tried that, however, it then deletes all the columns that are empty, which I don’t want to do. I need to show that some risk categories are blank like in this example. The way I have it setup is fine except those default columns that are there and I can’t figure out a way to make them disappear but keep the remaining grid.

[Frank_Dittmar]

@Patrick_Esmonde
Hi, did you ever solve this?
I get the ‘empty’ everywhere…

[Patrick_Esmonde]

Hi Frank–sorry for the delay. The email notification got buried in my inbox.

No, I have not found a way to hide that column. I had to photoshop it out for our FDA submission. Kinda annoying there’s not an option in the settings to hide it, but to be fair to AirTable, I have not submitted this as a request, so they may not know that people want this.

[Avi_Zukerman]

Two years later, has anyone found a solution to this problem? Thanks

[haroldcaceres]

2023 and I'm wondering why this hasn't been solved. 😞