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How to control your chatbot widget’s visibility (common use cases)

Last updated: 24 February 2023 #

You have an incredible amount of control over your chatbot widget. Using the visibility rules, you can control where and when, to a very precise degree, you want your users to see (or not see) it.

Below, we cover some of the most common use cases.

Go to Engage → Channels → Converse.

Scroll down to the Display rules section and unfurl the accordion.

You may delete the existing rule, edit it, or add a new rule.

Display all the time, across all pages and devices #

Gotta start with the basics!

This will be your default setting. In case you inadvertently delete it, here is the rule: 

If all the time

.

Display on desktop but not mobile #

Do you want to display your chatbot on desktop but hide it on mobile? Not to worry, this is very common. Here are the rules:

If Variable {{subscriber.is_on_desktop}} is true

Of course, the reverse is simple. If you need your chatbot to only display on mobile, enter 

If Variable {{subscriber.is_on_mobile}} is true

.

Display on a specific page and none other #

Need to display your chatbot on your pricing page but nowhere else? No problem!

Enter the following rule: 

If Page URL ends with /pricing

.

This is only an example, make sure you adapt the page name to your specific requirement. It is sometimes worth changing 

Ends with

 to 

Contains

. Some websites or browsers will automatically append values to URLs (e.g. 

?referrer=Google

). Using Contains will ensure everyone gets caught.

Display on an entire website except all pages under a specific folder #

Let’s say you have a multi-lingual website structured as follows:

www.website.com www.website.com/fr www.website.com/fr/page-1 www.website.com/fr/page-2 … www.website.com/es www.website.com/es/page-1 www.website.com/es/page-2 … www.website.com/pt-br www.website.com/pt-br/page-1 www.website.com/pt-br/page-2 …

And you would like your widget to display on all your pages except the pages under the 

/es

 and 

/pt-br

 folders. This would be your rules:

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