diff --git a/cursive-core/src/views/hideable_view.rs b/cursive-core/src/views/hideable_view.rs
index ce6ce4a..e9ebab9 100644
--- a/cursive-core/src/views/hideable_view.rs
+++ b/cursive-core/src/views/hideable_view.rs
@@ -54,6 +54,13 @@ impl<V> HideableView<V> {
         self.with(Self::hide)
     }
 
+    /// Sets the visibility for this view to flag value.
+    /// Useful when creating views needs to be decided at runtime.
+    /// Chainable variant.
+    pub fn visible(self, flag: bool) -> Self {
+        self.with(|s| s.set_visible(flag))
+    }
+
     /// Returns `true` if the wrapped view is going to be visible.
     pub fn is_visible(&self) -> bool {
         self.visible