# Comments from other alerts showing on comments screen

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/comments-from-other-alerts-showing-on-comments-screen/86380>\
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**Created:** [February 18, 2026, 3:37am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/comments-from-other-alerts-showing-on-comments-screen/86380 "2026-02-18T03:37:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![kfmiran71](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ce73a5/32.png) [@kfmiran71](https://community.glideapps.com/u/kfmiran71)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2026, 3:37am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/comments-from-other-alerts-showing-on-comments-screen/86380/1 "2026-02-18T03:37:45Z")

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Hello all

I’m building a Glide app with two tables:

- **Alerts** (parent table)
- **Comments** (child table linked to Alerts via a Relation)

On the **Alert Detail** screen, I display a Collection of preview comments using the relation to the Comments table.

**Goal:**  
When a user taps a preview comment, it should open a **full comments screen** that shows **only comments related to that specific alert.**

**Current Behavior:**

- Tapping a preview comment successfully opens my dedicated Comments screen.
- However, the screen shows **comments from other alerts as well** instead of only the related ones.
- It appears the parent alert context is being lost or not applied as a filter.

**What I’ve Tried:**

- Using **Show Screen** actions (locks the screen to the Comments table).
- Using **Show Detail Screen → This Item** from the parent screen.
- Setting the Collection source to the Relation column.
- Applying basic filters, but they don’t persist correctly after navigation.

**Question:**  
What is the correct pattern to navigate from a related item in a Collection to a full comments screen **while keeping the parent row context** , so only comments tied to that parent alert are displayed?

Is this best solved with:

- Relations only,
- User-specific filters,
- A parent-table-bound screen with inline lists,
- Or another navigation/action pattern?

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**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:** [February 18, 2026, 4:40am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/comments-from-other-alerts-showing-on-comments-screen/86380/2 "2026-02-18T04:40:56Z")

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Tapping on a comment in the comments child table form withing the alerts detail screen should take you to a screen directly ties to that specific comment. I’m guessing rather than showing that specific comment row that the screen is tied you, you instead added a collection.

Even though the comment screen is connected to one specific row, adding a collection to the screen tied to the comments table will still show all comments.

Assuming you have an Alert ID in the comments table, you should be able to set a filter on the comments table (on the comment detail screen) that checks if the alert ID equals the screen value alert ID.