# Unhide items when using Select command

**URL:** https://resource.dopus.com/t/unhide-items-when-using-select-command/55076
**Category:** Help & Support
**Tags:** commands
**Created:** [March 25, 2025, 5:34pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/unhide-items-when-using-select-command/55076 "2025-03-25T17:34:45Z")
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### Author: ![errante](https://resource.dopus.com/user_avatar/resource.dopus.com/errante/32/61692_2.png) [@errante](https://resource.dopus.com/u/errante)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2025, 5:34pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/unhide-items-when-using-select-command/55076/1 "2025-03-25T17:34:46Z")

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Hi all.

Is there any way to "unhide" items if using `Select` with a filter causes those items to match the filter?

E.g. If I use `SELECT DESELECTNOMATCH HIDEUNSEL FILTER=myfilter`, any item that was previously hidden won't be shown. The current workaround is to use something like `SELECT NOPATTERN SHOWHIDDEN` beforehand, but that causes some issues too, like:

- Visible flickering of items.
- Even if the filter does not give any result, all items will be displayed briefly.

Maybe a new argument like `UNHIDE` would come in handy? I'm referring to something similar to `SELECT FROMSCRIPT=unhide`, but in this case, I don't have the items set beforehand.

Thanks.

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### Author: ![Jon](https://resource.dopus.com/user_avatar/resource.dopus.com/jon/32/12713_2.png) [@Jon](https://resource.dopus.com/u/Jon)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2025, 7:45am UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/unhide-items-when-using-select-command/55076/3 "2025-07-01T07:45:42Z")

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In the next update, you'll be able to combine `SHOWHIDDEN` with `HIDEUNSEL` and `HIDESEL`.