# Collection related
**URL:** https://community.glideapps.com/t/collection-related/69222
**Category:** Ask for Help
**Created:** [January 3, 2024, 11:42pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/collection-related/69222 "2024-01-03T23:42:31Z")
**Posts on this page:** 15
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### Author:  [@destiny](https://community.glideapps.com/u/destiny)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2024, 11:42pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/collection-related/69222/1 "2024-01-03T23:42:31Z")
Good morning all,
I have been trying to make an app for my dept on education related matter but the collection part keep repeating in all the tab, may I know if there is a way to avoid it from happen and let different tab has its own content?
Thank you!
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### Author:  [@tuzin](https://community.glideapps.com/u/tuzin)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2024, 1:03pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/collection-related/69222/2 "2024-01-04T13:03:32Z")
Please include more information and screenshots
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### Author:  [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2024, 1:05pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/collection-related/69222/3 "2024-01-04T13:05:31Z")
Perhaps the below will help…
> [@Collections issues](https://community.glideapps.com/t/collections-issues/69219/3):
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> I think they are looking for independent screen config… @NorkaTop what you need to do is modify the default Item click action on the Collection. Make it a custom action, with a separate conditional branch for each item in the collection. And each branch will use the same action: Show new screen → this item. So you should have something like: If Item is X, then Show new screen → This item Else if Item is Y, then Show new screen → This item Else if Item is Z, then Show new screen → This item e…
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### Author:  [@tuzin](https://community.glideapps.com/u/tuzin)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2024, 1:17pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/collection-related/69222/4 "2024-01-04T13:17:02Z")
This is a super-straightforward approach, but it’s not very elegant haha
I think it’s best to specify everything in the data editor
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### Author:  [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2024, 1:19pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/collection-related/69222/5 "2024-01-04T13:19:45Z")
Yes, it’s horrible, I agree.
How would you specify it in the data editor? (completely open to a better approach…)
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### Author:  [@tuzin](https://community.glideapps.com/u/tuzin)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2024, 1:37pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/collection-related/69222/6 "2024-01-04T13:37:32Z")
Well, the original request is completely unclear, but I assume it’s required to display different information for different items (which is what Glide is designed for in the first place). If this information is a collection, then they can create a query to have different collections for different items. If it’s required to have collections from different tables, I only see that as different components with visibility conditions
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### Author:  [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2024, 1:44pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/collection-related/69222/7 "2024-01-04T13:44:19Z")
ah, I see.
Yeah, the way I interpreted the question is that they are looking for the equivalent of the Independent Screen Configuration that we used to have with Classic Apps. So that Custom Action kludge is the closest I’ve been able to find to getting that. I rarely use it myself, probably the only time is when I use a smallish collection as a dashboard/navigation thingy.
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### Author:  [@tuzin](https://community.glideapps.com/u/tuzin)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2024, 1:46pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/collection-related/69222/8 "2024-01-04T13:46:04Z")
Well, if we’re talking about tabs, they work like this already, don’t they?
Plus you can hide tabs and navigate to them with actions
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### Author:  [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2024, 2:12pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/collection-related/69222/9 "2024-01-04T14:12:04Z")
No, not tabs.
What I’m talking about is using a Collection as a navigation menu.
Consider the following:
That’s a Card Collection with each item click doing something different. With Classic Apps, we’d use Independent Screen Configuration on the list. But that’s not an option with Collections, so the way to do the same thing is with a custom item click action.
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### Author:  [@tuzin](https://community.glideapps.com/u/tuzin)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2024, 8:32am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/collection-related/69222/10 "2024-01-05T08:32:45Z")
Ah, yes, now I remembered that 😅
Classic apps feel so long gone
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### Author:  [@destiny](https://community.glideapps.com/u/destiny)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2024, 5:30pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/collection-related/69222/11 "2024-01-07T17:30:56Z")
Hi! Really sorry for the late reply…
I am trying to make an app for my workplace for an upcoming working initiative. However, no matter how I try to toggle the glideapp , the same tabs will appear , I have attached the SS for reference, hope you can advise me on it
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### Author:  [@destiny](https://community.glideapps.com/u/destiny)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2024, 5:33pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/collection-related/69222/12 "2024-01-07T17:33:11Z")
The 3rd SS is the overview of the app. The 1st SS is the interface that I want the user to see under the resource tab but it seems like this interface will be reflected on the other than as well.
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### Author:  [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2024, 5:03am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/collection-related/69222/13 "2024-01-08T05:03:17Z")
So you want each item in the Collection to have a different style of details screen?
If that’s the case, you should follow the instructions that I linked to in my very first response.
> [@Darren\_Murphy](#):
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> Perhaps the below will help…
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> > [@](#):
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> > I think they are looking for independent screen config… @NorkaTop what you need to do is modify the default Item click action on the Collection. Make it a custom action, with a separate conditional branch for each item in the collection. And each branch will use the same action: Show new screen → this item. So you should have something like: If Item is X, then Show new screen → This item Else if Item is Y, then Show new screen → This item Else if Item is Z, then Show new screen → This item e…
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### Author:  [@tuzin](https://community.glideapps.com/u/tuzin)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2024, 5:34am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/collection-related/69222/14 "2024-01-08T05:34:52Z")
If you want your collection to be a menu, than it’s best to use multiple one-item collections on the screen and configure on click actions separately
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### Author:  [@destiny](https://community.glideapps.com/u/destiny)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2024, 7:34am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/collection-related/69222/15 "2024-01-09T07:34:31Z")
Yuppie I would want it to be like a menu with various different content in each different tab.
Thank you for the reply! I shall try it and let you all know the outcome!