# Column Components in Edit Item **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Requests\ **Created:** [May 25, 2020, 8:31pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/column-components-in-edit-item/9754 "2020-05-25T20:31:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![John\_Cabrera](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/john_cabrera/32/2066_2.png) [@John\_Cabrera](https://community.glideapps.com/u/John_Cabrera)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2020, 8:31pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/column-components-in-edit-item/9754/1 "2020-05-25T20:31:42Z")
Hey Glide Devs, wondering if there is a reason why we get Column Components (hidden values from the detail screen’s row of data) sendable in forms with a new data entry… ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/2X/6/62b96202e1b4173798704d78e280e34106872ac5.jpeg) … but we don’t get Column Components when updating data from a detail screen with Edit Item. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/2X/7/708de53935379084211679b142a3f140bb11d74c.jpeg) Use Case: locking or unlocking editing after an edit is made by sending a hidden boolean value to that row of data that shuts off its editability after the edit is made. I guess you can sort of do this by sending the CurrentDate, CryptoHash, or even CurrentUserEmail components to a column and treat empty as false and filled as true… but it would be cleaner if we could send other data from that row… Here’s a use case, though, that can’t be done with this method: Use Case: creating a system where editing an item requires spending in game points. You would have a Math component in column 1 that is calculating x + {value in column 2}, where x is the cost to edit that item. And each time you edit, you send the current value of column 1 into column 2, essentially increasing its balance by x. Then you have a separate calculation that subtracts column 2 from their total points balance. Currently, this is a calculation that needs to be done using both google sheets and google scripts. Can we please have this? ---
**Author:** ![Robert\_Petitto](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/robert_petitto/32/25193_2.png) [@Robert\_Petitto](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Robert_Petitto)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2020, 11:46pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/column-components-in-edit-item/9754/2 "2020-05-25T23:46:52Z")
Agree…special columns are available (timestamp, email and UUID) columns would be nice.