# Automating Category Selection in Task Management App

**URL:** https://community.glideapps.com/t/automating-category-selection-in-task-management-app/73951
**Category:** Ask for Help
**Created:** [June 7, 2024, 11:27am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/automating-category-selection-in-task-management-app/73951 "2024-06-07T11:27:27Z")
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### Author: ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2024, 11:57pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/automating-category-selection-in-task-management-app/73951/2 "2024-06-07T23:57:21Z")

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> [@MaxDev](#):
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> Is it possible for a newly created category to be automatically selected in the choice component immediately after it’s created?

I think I tried it in the past but it didn’t work back then, I was using a default value tied to a User Profiles column, and set the newly added “category” to that column. It didn’t update until I close the form and open it again.

For this use case, I think a custom form works best, because you can set the new category directly to where you’re storing the choice.

> [@How do I create a custom form?](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-do-i-create-a-custom-form/25014):
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> I’m just dropping this here so I have something to refer people to when they ask. This is a simple concept app (copyable), that demonstrates the following techniques: Building custom forms for adding and editing list items (as an alternative to the native forms provided by Glide) Preventing duplicate new entries using [User Specific Columns](https://docs.glideapps.com/all/reference/data-editor/user-specific-columns) and [Relations](https://docs.glideapps.com/all/reference/data-editor/computed-columns/relation-column) Enforcing mandatory input items The use of visibility conditions and user specific booleans to control user flow There is nothing particular…

> [@MaxDev](#):
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> Similarly, when I create a sub-category, I want it to be directly linked to the category selected in the task form.

Similarly, this can be achieved using a custom form.

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