---
title: "invisibleToUser"
description: "Whether this node is specially known to be invisible to the user.

For example, if the node is currently occluded by a dark semitransparent pane above it, then for
all practical purposes the node is invisible to the user, but the system cannot automatically
determine that. To make the screen reader linear navigation skip over this type of invisible
node, this property can be set.

If looking for a way to hide semantics of small items from screen readers because they're
redundant with semantics of their parent, consider [SemanticsModifier.clearAndSetSemantics]
instead."
type: "function"
---

<div class='type'>Function</div>


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> **Deprecated** Use `hideFromAccessibility()` instead.

```kotlin
fun SemanticsPropertyReceiver.invisibleToUser()
```


Whether this node is specially known to be invisible to the user.

For example, if the node is currently occluded by a dark semitransparent pane above it, then for
all practical purposes the node is invisible to the user, but the system cannot automatically
determine that. To make the screen reader linear navigation skip over this type of invisible
node, this property can be set.

If looking for a way to hide semantics of small items from screen readers because they're
redundant with semantics of their parent, consider `SemanticsModifier.clearAndSetSemantics`
instead.