I’ve had the same issue and have created a class if you have multiple post types with fields that you want to appear on whether a term is selected or not.
https://github.com/luciddigital/Hide_acf_fields_conditional_term/blob/master/hide-acf-fields-conditional-term.php
/**
* Class for hiding an acf field based on if a term is selected.
* Developer: Brad Goddard
* Website: https://www.lucid-digital.co.uk
* @package LucidDigital
*/
class Hide_acf_fields_conditional_term {
public $post_type_slug;
public $term_id;
public $field_class;
public function __construct( $post_type_slug, $term_id, $field_class ) {
$this->set_post_type_slug( $post_type_slug );
$this->set_term_id( $term_id );
$this->set_field_class( $field_class );
add_action( ‘acf/input/admin_head’, [$this, ‘my_acf_admin_head’] );
}
/**
* @return mixed
*/
public function get_post_type_slug() {
return $this->post_type_slug;
}
/**
* @param mixed $post_type_slug
*/
public function set_post_type_slug( $post_type_slug ) {
$this->post_type_slug = $post_type_slug;
}
/**
* @return mixed
*/
public function get_term_id() {
return $this->term_id;
}
/**
* @param mixed $term_id
*/
public function set_term_id( $term_id ) {
$this->term_id = $term_id;
}
/**
* @return mixed
*/
public function get_field_class() {
return $this->field_class;
}
/**
* @param mixed $field_class
*/
public function set_field_class( $field_class ) {
$this->field_class = $field_class;
}
function my_acf_admin_head() {
global $post_type;
if ( $this->get_post_type_slug() === $post_type ) :
// Gets taxonomy term from $this->get_post_type_slug().
$taxonomy = get_object_taxonomies($this->get_post_type_slug());
?>
<script type=”text/javascript”>
(function ($) {
acf.add_action(‘ready’, function ($el) {
// Container for the sub title field.
var container = $(‘.’ + ‘<?php echo $this->field_class; ?>’);
// Featured checkbox.
var $field = $(‘#’ + ‘<?php echo $taxonomy[0]; ?>’ + ‘div input’);
// The checkbox relative to $this->get_term_id().
var checkbox = $(‘#in-‘ + ‘<?php echo $taxonomy[0]; ?>’ + ‘-‘ + ‘<?php echo $this->get_term_id(); ?>’);
container.addClass(‘hidden-by-conditional-logic’);
// If $this->get_term_id() term is already selected then show the $this->field_class field.
if ($(checkbox).is(‘:checked’)) {
container.removeClass(‘hidden-by-conditional-logic’);
}
// Click function to show and hide the $this->field_class field.
$field.on(‘click’, function (evt) {
if ($(checkbox).is(‘:checked’)) {
container.removeClass(‘hidden-by-conditional-logic’);
} else {
container.addClass(‘hidden-by-conditional-logic’);
}
});
});
})(jQuery);
</script>
<?php endif;
}
}
new Hide_acf_fields_conditional_term( [post-type-slug], [term-id], [acf-field-container-class] );
