do not mess with components' visibility for scripts; instead create group components and show/hide those; this will break scripts that create invisible components and rely on UI but the earlier i make this change the better

modules/scripts.py

@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ class Script:
     args_to = None
     alwayson = False
 
+    """A gr.Group component that has all script's UI inside it"""
+    group = None
+
     infotext_fields = None
     """if set in ui(), this is a list of pairs of gradio component + text; the text will be used when
     parsing infotext to set the value for the component; see ui.py's txt2img_paste_fields for an example
@@ -218,8 +221,6 @@ class ScriptRunner:
 
             for control in controls:
                 control.custom_script_source = os.path.basename(script.filename)
-                if not script.alwayson:
-                    control.visible = False
 
             if script.infotext_fields is not None:
                 self.infotext_fields += script.infotext_fields
@@ -229,40 +230,41 @@ class ScriptRunner:
             script.args_to = len(inputs)
 
         for script in self.alwayson_scripts:
-            with gr.Group():
+            with gr.Group() as group:
                 create_script_ui(script, inputs, inputs_alwayson)
 
+            script.group = group
+
         dropdown = gr.Dropdown(label="Script", elem_id="script_list", choices=["None"] + self.titles, value="None", type="index")
         dropdown.save_to_config = True
         inputs[0] = dropdown
 
         for script in self.selectable_scripts:
-            create_script_ui(script, inputs, inputs_alwayson)
+            with gr.Group(visible=False) as group:
+                create_script_ui(script, inputs, inputs_alwayson)
+
+            script.group = group
 
         def select_script(script_index):
-            if 0 < script_index <= len(self.selectable_scripts):
-                script = self.selectable_scripts[script_index-1]
-                args_from = script.args_from
-                args_to = script.args_to
-            else:
-                args_from = 0
-                args_to = 0
+            selected_script = self.selectable_scripts[script_index - 1] if script_index>0 else None
 
-            return [ui.gr_show(True if i == 0 else args_from <= i < args_to or is_alwayson) for i, is_alwayson in enumerate(inputs_alwayson)]
+            return [gr.update(visible=selected_script == s) for s in self.selectable_scripts]
 
         def init_field(title):
+            """called when an initial value is set from ui-config.json to show script's UI components"""
+
             if title == 'None':
                 return
+
             script_index = self.titles.index(title)
-            script = self.selectable_scripts[script_index]
-            for i in range(script.args_from, script.args_to):
-                inputs[i].visible = True
+            self.selectable_scripts[script_index].group.visible = True
 
         dropdown.init_field = init_field
+
         dropdown.change(
             fn=select_script,
             inputs=[dropdown],
-            outputs=inputs
+            outputs=[script.group for script in self.selectable_scripts]
         )
 
         return inputs