diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1b043447..36125a0a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Enhancements:
   - Adds methods to CILviewer and CILviewer2D #425
   
 Bugfix:
+  - Hides the slider when one image dimension is 1 #432
   - Differentiate 3D and 2D images in the converter `numpy2vtkImage` #437
   - Edit slider min value #420
   - Fix extent error when user clicks in the viewer to create a box by clicking outside of the image #425
diff --git a/Wrappers/Python/ccpi/viewer/CILViewer2D.py b/Wrappers/Python/ccpi/viewer/CILViewer2D.py
index 90be5929..6915ed61 100644
--- a/Wrappers/Python/ccpi/viewer/CILViewer2D.py
+++ b/Wrappers/Python/ccpi/viewer/CILViewer2D.py
@@ -1550,11 +1550,18 @@ def installSliceSliderWidgetPipeline(self):
         '''Create the pipeline for the slice slider widget
         
         The slider widget and representation are created if not already present.
-        Currently the slider widget enabled flag is not used.
+        If present, the slider is updated.
+        The slider is hidden if any of the dimensions of the visualised image is 1,
+        else it is shown.
         '''
+        # set slider_hidden
+        dims = self.img3D.GetDimensions()
+        slider_hidden = any(dim == 1 for dim in dims)
+
         if self.sliderWidget is not None:
             # reset the values to the appropriate ones of the new loaded image
             self.sliderCallback.update_orientation(self.style, 'reset')
+            self.sliderWidget.SetEnabled(not slider_hidden)
             return
 
         sr = SliceSliderRepresentation()
@@ -1567,7 +1574,8 @@ def installSliceSliderWidgetPipeline(self):
         sw.SetRepresentation(sr)
         sw.SetAnimationModeToAnimate()
         sw.EnabledOn()
-
+        # enable slider
+        sw.SetEnabled(not slider_hidden)
         cb = SliderCallback(self, sw)
 
         # Add interaction observers