visible

Note: This documentation is for the old 0.8.0 version of A-Frame. Check out the documentation for the current 1.6.0 version

The visible component determines whether to render an entity.

Example

<a-entity visible="false"></a-entity>

Value

Value	Description
true	The entity will be rendered and visible; the default value.
false	The entity will not be rendered nor visible. The entity will still exist in the scene.

Animating Visibility

The visible value can be “animated” to delay the visibility of an entity:

<!-- Wait 1 second before showing the entity. -->
<a-entity visible="false">
  <a-animation attribute="visible" begin="1000" to="true"></a-animation>
</a-entity>

Updating Visible

It is slightly faster to update visibility at the three.js level versus via .setAttribute.

// With three.js
el.object3D.visible = false;

// With .setAttribute.
el.setAttribute('visible', false);

Updates at the three.js level will still be reflected when doing entityEl.getAttribute('visible');.