diff --git a/src/core/webcaosdb.xsl b/src/core/webcaosdb.xsl
index 96a09c928c38bf365bf989e4043ce4ee88f9cf7e..c990e322362f1e0709564fdd07df25985d1b0119 100644
--- a/src/core/webcaosdb.xsl
+++ b/src/core/webcaosdb.xsl
@@ -66,6 +66,14 @@
<xsl:call-template name="caosdb-head-js" />
</head>
<body data-hidden-properties="false">
+ <xsl:choose>
+ <xsl:when test="'${BUILD_MODULE_EXT_PROPERTY_DISPLAY}'='ENABLED'">
+ <xsl:attribute name="data-hidden-properties">true</xsl:attribute>
+ </xsl:when>
+ <xsl:otherwise>
+ <xsl:attribute name="data-hidden-properties">false</xsl:attribute>
+ </xsl:otherwise>
+ </xsl:choose>
<xsl:attribute name="data-response-count">
<xsl:value-of select="/Response/@count"/>
</xsl:attribute>
diff --git a/src/core/xsl/entity.xsl b/src/core/xsl/entity.xsl
index bcb9aacd7adfb043a67f8c2df4ea64e0fcd0631d..264136f09828dce4e2ba7d324ff09fc14db5842c 100644
--- a/src/core/xsl/entity.xsl
+++ b/src/core/xsl/entity.xsl
@@ -232,8 +232,15 @@
</xsl:template>
<!-- PROPERTIES -->
<xsl:template match="Property" mode="entity-body">
- <!-- all properties are now hidden by default -->
- <li class="list-group-item caosdb-v-property-row caosdb-f-entity-property caosdb-v-hidden-property">
+ <li>
+ <xsl:choose>
+ <xsl:when test="'${BUILD_MODULE_EXT_PROPERTY_DISPLAY}'='ENABLED'">
+ <xsl:attribute name="class">list-group-item caosdb-v-property-row caosdb-f-entity-property caosdb-v-hidden-property</xsl:attribute>
+ </xsl:when>
+ <xsl:otherwise>
+ <xsl:attribute name="class">list-group-item caosdb-v-property-row caosdb-f-entity-property</xsl:attribute>
+ </xsl:otherwise>
+ </xsl:choose>
<xsl:attribute name="id">
<xsl:value-of select="generate-id()"/>
</xsl:attribute>