h- and v- phantom a tikzpicture

Question

I try to hide a tikzpicture :

Depending on a boolean, I want to see or not the tikzpicures of a document (show them on display, but hide them on paper) in order to students draw them. The hidden tikzpicture as to leave its blank space.

\vpanthom or \hphantom don't work.

Could you check whether How to turn off an environment (e.g. tikzpicture) for faster draft compiling is a duplicate? — Claudio Fiandrino, Sep 06 '14 at 15:27
I think it is not what I want, I want the tikzpicture to disappear but I want a white room instead. — Tarass, Sep 06 '14 at 15:58

Torbjørn T. · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-06T16:26:39.733

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You can combine the every picture style and execute at end picture:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\newif\ifhidepics
\hidepicsfalse
%\hidepicstrue % uncomment to hide tikzpicture

\ifhidepics
\tikzset{every picture/.append style={
execute at end picture={
\fill [white] (current bounding box.south west) rectangle (current bounding box.north east);
}}}
\fi

\begin{document}
Something here.

\begin{tikzpicture}
\node at (0,0) {A};
\node at (2,5) {B};
\end{tikzpicture}

More text.

\begin{tikzpicture}
\node at (0,0) {A};
\node at (2,2) {B};
\end{tikzpicture}

Test.

\end{document}

edited Sep 06 '14 at 16:26

answered Sep 06 '14 at 16:21

Torbjørn T.

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Any idea how this may be used in Beamer so that one slide has a white room and the other has a TikZ drawing? – Cryme Sep 16 '20 at 00:05
@OlivierMassicot Sounds like you want one of beamers overlay methods. Perhaps \uncover. – Torbjørn T. Sep 16 '20 at 05:21

h- and v- phantom a tikzpicture

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