diff --git a/libs/types/src/content/templates/gallery-list.d.ts b/libs/types/src/content/templates/gallery-list.d.ts
index 5fc4d5f..45a980d 100644
--- a/libs/types/src/content/templates/gallery-list.d.ts
+++ b/libs/types/src/content/templates/gallery-list.d.ts
@@ -95,4 +95,10 @@ export type GalleryList = {
    * the tags to use for filtering entries
    */
   tags?: EntryTagCollection
+  /**
+   * whether or not tag filtering removes entries completely from view;
+   * if false, they will apply a class selector instead
+   * in order to manually style (CSS filtering/opacity/etc.)
+   */
+  removeFromView?: boolean
 }
diff --git a/libs/types/src/content/templates/project-list.d.ts b/libs/types/src/content/templates/project-list.d.ts
index f1665bc..492f9ee 100644
--- a/libs/types/src/content/templates/project-list.d.ts
+++ b/libs/types/src/content/templates/project-list.d.ts
@@ -43,4 +43,5 @@ export type ProjectList = {
     content: string
   }}
   tags?: EntryTagCollection
+  removeFromView?: boolean
 }
diff --git a/projects/frontend/src/views/gallery/gallery-list.vue b/projects/frontend/src/views/gallery/gallery-list.vue
index 8c68969..c10026f 100644
--- a/projects/frontend/src/views/gallery/gallery-list.vue
+++ b/projects/frontend/src/views/gallery/gallery-list.vue
@@ -202,7 +202,8 @@ onMounted(async () => {
         v-for='(entry, id) in entries'
       )
         GalleryTile(
-          v-if='!entry.hidden'
+          v-if='!entry.hidden || !config.removeFromView'
+          :class='{ hidden: projects[id].hidden && !config.removeFromView }'
           :entry='entry'
           :id='id'
           :hideWarnings='hideWarnings'
diff --git a/projects/frontend/src/views/project/project-list.vue b/projects/frontend/src/views/project/project-list.vue
index 504715d..448f3b7 100644
--- a/projects/frontend/src/views/project/project-list.vue
+++ b/projects/frontend/src/views/project/project-list.vue
@@ -63,14 +63,15 @@ onMounted(async () => {
 
 <template lang="pug">
 .template.project-list
-  #projects(
+  .projects(
     v-if='ready'
   )
     Transition(
       v-for='id in projectIds'
     )
       ProjectTile(
-        v-if='!projects[id].hidden'
+        v-if='!projects[id].hidden || !config.removeFromView'
+        :class='{ hidden: projects[id].hidden && !config.removeFromView }'
         :id='id'
         :info='projects[id]'
       )