# Button to add an item **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Requests\ **Created:** [December 12, 2019, 6:00pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/button-to-add-an-item/2834 "2019-12-12T18:00:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kyleheney](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/kyleheney/32/41173_2.png) [@kyleheney](https://community.glideapps.com/u/kyleheney)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2019, 6:00pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/button-to-add-an-item/2834/1 "2019-12-12T18:00:29Z")
Would be great to have a button to add an item (so you could display an “add” button on a details screen with other content. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2019, 6:05pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/button-to-add-an-item/2834/2 "2019-12-12T18:05:39Z")
Like this? I just use a form button to add records. ![Screenshot_20191212-120429](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/2X/a/a74ab467b5621b0856cdf6e29e750a0f227feab5.png) ---
**Author:** ![kyleheney](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/kyleheney/32/41173_2.png) [@kyleheney](https://community.glideapps.com/u/kyleheney)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2019, 7:17pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/button-to-add-an-item/2834/3 "2019-12-12T19:17:24Z")
I need the ability to edit the form submission… which is why I was using the Add ability (to add an item and then be able to edit it afterwards). If I submit a form, I can’t edit the submission. Unless… I have the form add items to a list of items that is editable…? Hmm you may be on to something! ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2019, 7:39pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/button-to-add-an-item/2834/4 "2019-12-12T19:39:04Z")
Yes, that’s how I do it. The form button adds items, but then I turn on editing for the details of each item. Add and Edit can be controlled separately. ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Smillie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mark_smillie/32/833_2.png) [@Mark\_Smillie](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Mark_Smillie)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 4:16pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/button-to-add-an-item/2834/5 "2020-03-10T16:16:55Z")
This is cool on a detail screen, but I’d like the ability to have the “Add Button” on the home screen as either a button or a “Tab” Like a “+” on the tab bar that would allow me to add an item to a sheet. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_Sullivan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/tim_sullivan/32/3461_2.png) [@Tim\_Sullivan](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Tim_Sullivan)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 5:02pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/button-to-add-an-item/2834/6 "2020-03-10T17:02:23Z")
Take a look at what I did here. My goal was to make my submissions like mini blog posts. This particular use case is to create a timeline of sorts by capturing milestone events as they happen during a snow/ice operation, but you can adapt it to just about anything. [6onhp.glideapp.io](http://6onhp.glideapp.io) ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2020, 5:58pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/button-to-add-an-item/2834/7 "2020-03-11T17:58:24Z")
Change the home tab to the Detail Style Layout with a placeholder sheet (with at least one column heading) and you can do exactly what @Tim_Sullivan is showing. ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Smillie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mark_smillie/32/833_2.png) [@Mark\_Smillie](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Mark_Smillie)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2020, 8:20pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/button-to-add-an-item/2834/8 "2020-03-11T20:20:34Z")
![Screen Shot 2020-03-11 at 4.18.21 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/2X/9/9b7a31117b21e416d6653af0d9f8ee16d85f4279.png) OK. Got it set up with the button, but when I try to link to screen, it doesn’t give me an option to link to the “Add New” screen. Am I missing something? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_Sullivan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/tim_sullivan/32/3461_2.png) [@Tim\_Sullivan](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Tim_Sullivan)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2020, 8:29pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/button-to-add-an-item/2834/9 "2020-03-11T20:29:20Z")
Make the button a form button, and have it open a form with the appropriate fields to enter your data. Awesome graphics by the way, love the illustration. ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Smillie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mark_smillie/32/833_2.png) [@Mark\_Smillie](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Mark_Smillie)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2020, 8:31pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/button-to-add-an-item/2834/10 "2020-03-11T20:31:26Z")
thanks. will give it a try. Graphics from [https://www.opendoodles.com/](https://www.opendoodles.com/) very cool!