# Change type of text layout item (Text, Rich Text, Action Text, Hint) without having to delete and recreate
**URL:** https://community.glideapps.com/t/change-type-of-text-layout-item-text-rich-text-action-text-hint-without-having-to-delete-and-recreate/22894
**Category:** Feature Requests
**Created:** [February 16, 2021, 9:17pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/change-type-of-text-layout-item-text-rich-text-action-text-hint-without-having-to-delete-and-recreate/22894 "2021-02-16T21:17:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@forsdick](https://community.glideapps.com/u/forsdick)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2021, 9:17pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/change-type-of-text-layout-item-text-rich-text-action-text-hint-without-having-to-delete-and-recreate/22894/1 "2021-02-16T21:17:40Z")
I have found that as I develop apps, I frequently want to change the way I interpret a text cell from one style of text to another. This results in what feels like a lot of time-consuming busy work which could be eliminated if it was possible to just change the interpretation (the type) of text.
There may be other examples of this kind of problem in the programming interface, but at the moment that is the one I am facing…
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### Author:  [@david](https://community.glideapps.com/u/david)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2021, 9:28pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/change-type-of-text-layout-item-text-rich-text-action-text-hint-without-having-to-delete-and-recreate/22894/2 "2021-02-16T21:28:47Z")
You’ve got my vote!
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### Author:  [@Robert\_Petitto](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Robert_Petitto)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2021, 9:42pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/change-type-of-text-layout-item-text-rich-text-action-text-hint-without-having-to-delete-and-recreate/22894/3 "2021-02-16T21:42:45Z")
For sure! For me it’s the inputs. When I create a default form, the inputs always default to text entries…would love to “swap” components on the fly so I don’t have to recreate and reorder the components.
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### Author:  [@forsdick](https://community.glideapps.com/u/forsdick)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2021, 11:44pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/change-type-of-text-layout-item-text-rich-text-action-text-hint-without-having-to-delete-and-recreate/22894/5 "2021-02-16T23:44:12Z")
Yes, the unique inputs are even more important to preserve .
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### Author:  [@Mauronic](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Mauronic)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2021, 4:30pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/change-type-of-text-layout-item-text-rich-text-action-text-hint-without-having-to-delete-and-recreate/22894/6 "2021-02-17T16:30:04Z")
Yes please!