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# Condition

The object for defining a condition that, when met, causes conditional properties to go into effect.

```
object Condition
```

## Discussion

Use the `Condition` object to define the condition under which the associated properties are applied.

You can use this object in [`ConditionalComponent`](/documentation/AppleNewsFormat/ConditionalComponent), [`ConditionalContainer`](/documentation/AppleNewsFormat/ConditionalContainer), [`ConditionalSection`](/documentation/AppleNewsFormat/ConditionalSection), [`ConditionalText`](/documentation/AppleNewsFormat/ConditionalText), [`ConditionalComponentLayout`](/documentation/AppleNewsFormat/ConditionalComponentLayout), [`ConditionalComponentStyle`](/documentation/AppleNewsFormat/ConditionalComponentStyle), [`ConditionalComponentTextStyle`](/documentation/AppleNewsFormat/ConditionalComponentTextStyle), [`ConditionalTextStyle`](/documentation/AppleNewsFormat/ConditionalTextStyle), [`ConditionalDocumentStyle`](/documentation/AppleNewsFormat/ConditionalDocumentStyle), [`ConditionalDivider`](/documentation/AppleNewsFormat/ConditionalDivider), and [`ConditionalAutoPlacement`](/documentation/AppleNewsFormat/ConditionalAutoPlacement).

### Example

```json
{
  "components": [
    {
      "role": "photo",
      "URL": "bundle://summer.jpg",
      "layout": "exampleLayout",
      "caption": "Thanks to the record drought, mountain lions have begun to descend from the peaks.",
      "hidden": false,
      "conditional": {
        "hidden": true,
        "conditions": {
          "maxViewportWidth": 320
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "componentLayouts": {
    "exampleLayout": {
      "ignoreDocumentMargin": true,
      "conditional": [
        {
          "ignoreDocumentMargin": false,
          "conditions": [
            {
              "minViewportWidth": 768
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

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