How to hide a block in a view when an exposed filter is being applied?

Question

I have built a view with exposed filters. There is a 'popular content' block on this page which I am controlling using the Context module (https://www.drupal.org/project/context)

I would like it so that the popular content displays, but only if no filters are being applied to the view. If a filter is applied then the block should not show.

I can see that the Context module has a query string condition option which I've tried to apply but without success. I've tried adding things like ~?title=* or ~*?title=** here but I can't seem to get the behaviour I'm after.

Any help would be appreciated.

UPDATE

I've used the answer from @Pierr.Vriens to create a rule component. However, the block now isn't showing on the /MyViewPath page (which is /courses on my site). I've put the export of the rule I created below. I'm surprised that it's not showing on the page now at all. The block is being set in the correct region, the 'rules' component has been added to the block settings itself and I've disabled the context module from messing with it too.

Here is an export of the rule I created:

{ "rules_block_visibility_popular_courses" : { "LABEL" : "Hide block for filtered course view", "PLUGIN" : "rule", "OWNER" : "rules", "REQUIRES" : [ "rules" ], "USES VARIABLES" : { "module" : { "label" : "Module", "type" : "text" }, "delta" : { "label" : "Delta", "type" : "text" }, "result" : { "label" : "Result", "type" : "boolean", "parameter" : false } }, "IF" : [ { "text_matches" : { "text" : [ "site:current-page:url" ], "match" : "courses " } } ], "DO" : [ { "data_set" : { "data" : [ "result" ], "value" : "1" } } ], "PROVIDES VARIABLES" : [ "result" ] } }

UPDATE 2

So it was the space at the end of "courses " that was causing the problem. The exported rule below did the trick:

{ "rules_block_visibility_popular_courses" : { "LABEL" : "Hide block for filtered course view", "PLUGIN" : "rule", "OWNER" : "rules", "REQUIRES" : [ "rules" ], "USES VARIABLES" : { "module" : { "label" : "Module", "type" : "text" }, "delta" : { "label" : "Delta", "type" : "text" }, "result" : { "label" : "Result", "type" : "boolean", "parameter" : false } }, "IF" : [ { "text_matches" : { "text" : [ "site:current-page:url" ], "match" : "courses", "operation" : "ends" } } ], "DO" : [ { "data_set" : { "data" : [ "result" ], "value" : "1" } } ], "PROVIDES VARIABLES" : [ "result" ] } }

Answer 1

You can use the Rules block visibility module for this. Here is a quote from its project page:

The Rules block visibility module allows Rules components to be used to control block visibility. This provides Drupal administrators and developers extreme flexibility in controlling when blocks should be displayed on their websites, in addition to the default visibility options provided by Drupal.

The general idea is that if you can do it with Rules, you can use it to control block visibility, so the possibilities are limitless.

Need to show a block only for users registered more than a month ago?

Perhaps you have a block that must be shown only between 8am-5pm on weekdays?

What about displaying or hiding a block based on current weather conditions?

All of this can be done by using Rules block visibility.

With that, and as per the "if you can do it with Rules, you can use it to control block visibility" above, you've reduced your question to making Rules "check the path of the current page" (so that the block is only shown for the page with an URL that matches with your view without any filters applied).

For an illustration of how to use this module, refer to my answer to "How to stop a Views block from displaying to administrators, such as user/1?". If you look at the example included there, just replace its Rules Condition by a Text comparison with Parameter: Text: [site:current-page:path], Matching text: MyViewPath (assuming that /MyViewPath is the path of your view without any filters applied).

Update: looking at your exported rule (in revision 3 of your updated question, so without "UPDATE 2" you added to it ), I noticed that there is a space (blank) at the end of "course ". Not sure why that is there, but I'd first try with removing that space. If that doesn't make a difference, I suggest you try a variation of your rule that looks like so (only the Rules Condition differs from what you have in your updated question):

{ "rules_block_visibility_popular_courses" : {
    "LABEL" : "Hide block for filtered course view",
    "PLUGIN" : "rule",
    "OWNER" : "rules",
    "REQUIRES" : [ "rules" ],
    "USES VARIABLES" : {
      "module" : { "label" : "Module", "type" : "text" },
      "delta" : { "label" : "Delta", "type" : "text" },
      "result" : { "label" : "Result", "type" : "boolean", "parameter" : false }
    },
    "IF" : [
      { "data_is" : { "data" : [ "site:current-page:path" ], "value" : "courses" } }
    ],
    "DO" : [ { "data_set" : { "data" : [ "result" ], "value" : "1" } } ],
    "PROVIDES VARIABLES" : [ "result" ]
  }
}

If that also doesn't help, then it's time for Rules debugging. For that, refer to my answer to "How can I display the value of a variable inside a condition?".

PS: This answer applies to D7 ...