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title: "How widgets appear, disappear, and get replaced with New Visibility Rules?"
slug: "can-a-widget-disappear-dynamically-when-a-condition-is-no-longer-met-or-does-this-require-a-page-refresh"
updated: 2025-11-02T17:01:03Z
published: 2025-11-02T17:01:03Z
canonical: "support.whatfix.com/can-a-widget-disappear-dynamically-when-a-condition-is-no-longer-met-or-does-this-require-a-page-refresh"
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# How widgets appear, disappear, and get replaced with New Visibility Rules?

Widgets created with old visibility rules appear or disappear based on page load or page tag change whenever wfx_refresh is triggered.

Widgets with New Visibility Rules are dynamically evaluated based on factors such as URL, Element, Local Storage, or Session Storage. Widget visibility is continuously monitored, enabling them to appear, disappear, or be replaced based on real-time conditions without requiring a page refresh.

If both old and Advanced Visibility rule based widgets exist on the same page, a widget with a higher-priority replaces a lower priority one dynamically based on the [prioritization](/studio/docs/understand-the-prioritization-logic-in-visibility-rules-20) criteria.

For more information, see [Understand widget behavior with New Visibility Rules](/studio/docs/understand-content-behavior-based-on-advanced-visibility-rules).