# Count Clicks on a Tab or Share Button **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask for Help\ **Tags:** actions\ **Created:** [December 25, 2020, 6:06am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/count-clicks-on-a-tab-or-share-button/20281 "2020-12-25T06:06:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kabookie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/kabookie/32/10994_2.png) [@kabookie](https://community.glideapps.com/u/kabookie)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2020, 6:06am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/count-clicks-on-a-tab-or-share-button/20281/1 "2020-12-25T06:06:15Z")
Feature request: I am loving the ability to monitor/track the number of clicks to a button or list using the new Actions feature and am adding it to my app in about 20 places to track engagement (thank you @Robert_Petitto). My request would be to somehow implement this to the action of opening a tab or using the share button so that I could also track those actions. I’m using this as a bit of overkill atm but by watching what my users are connecting with will help me update the app to give them a better experience, and adding this would help a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Jen\_NYCP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/848f3c/32.png) [@Jen\_NYCP](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jen_NYCP)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2020, 7:09am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/count-clicks-on-a-tab-or-share-button/20281/2 "2020-12-25T07:09:02Z")
Love this idea! Is there a community chat about tracking clicks for the buttons and lists? Figured it out 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rosewebstudio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/rosewebstudio/32/12261_2.png) [@Rosewebstudio](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Rosewebstudio)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2020, 8:39am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/count-clicks-on-a-tab-or-share-button/20281/3 "2020-12-25T08:39:16Z")
Hi @kabookie happy holidays… What results have you seen from your ‘tracking’ so far, any surprises? Just curious ---
**Author:** ![Manan\_Mehta](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/manan_mehta/32/13957_2.png) [@Manan\_Mehta](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Manan_Mehta)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2020, 9:03am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/count-clicks-on-a-tab-or-share-button/20281/4 "2020-12-25T09:03:07Z")
2 workarounds for this come to my head, 1. For the share button, disable the about tab and create your own tab which is a replica, then redirect to the link of you app and increment count using actions. 2. For counting users on tab, you can use Google Analytics and I can confirm I get accurate results or you could have some buttons on each tab which are actions which users will surely do if they land on the tab (for example opening the details of a list view) Set up an action which increments the value on tab count only if it’s the first time the user visits the tab. But these features natively in Glide will be so much better for sure! ---
**Author:** ![Rosewebstudio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/rosewebstudio/32/12261_2.png) [@Rosewebstudio](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Rosewebstudio)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2020, 11:17am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/count-clicks-on-a-tab-or-share-button/20281/5 "2020-12-25T11:17:10Z")
@Manan_Mehta great ideas, as always 👍 ---
**Author:** ![kabookie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/kabookie/32/10994_2.png) [@kabookie](https://community.glideapps.com/u/kabookie)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2020, 11:20am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/count-clicks-on-a-tab-or-share-button/20281/6 "2020-12-25T11:20:08Z")
Just testing and setting it up now. Will be pushing it out to users next week. ---
**Author:** ![Zancoper](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/zancoper/32/10615_2.png) [@Zancoper](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Zancoper)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2020, 1:31pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/count-clicks-on-a-tab-or-share-button/20281/7 "2020-12-25T13:31:01Z")
I’m sorry if I got it wrong, but I think you can create an action on the share button including the increment function in a new field to receive these “increments” and finally the share function will open and you will have the number of clicks on the share button . ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2020, 2:23pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/count-clicks-on-a-tab-or-share-button/20281/8 "2020-12-25T14:23:57Z")
The only drawback for this is the user clicks the button but ultimately opt to not share the app. ---
**Author:** ![kabookie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/kabookie/32/10994_2.png) [@kabookie](https://community.glideapps.com/u/kabookie)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2020, 5:44am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/count-clicks-on-a-tab-or-share-button/20281/9 "2020-12-28T05:44:02Z")
I tried this and technically it works but the “share” icon disappears when the compound action is used. I don’t like this user experience as the familiar sharing icon makes it much clearer. ![Testing_-UPDATE_VERSION_X39_Connect·Glide·_Create_Apps_from_Google_Sheets](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/f/2/f2337ac023998f3a78e6861c5b8635999502d41c.png) ---
**Author:** ![Amal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/amal/32/15421_2.png) [@Amal](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Amal)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2020, 6:27am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/count-clicks-on-a-tab-or-share-button/20281/10 "2020-12-28T06:27:28Z")
Hi @kabookie i usually face this issue when i create a compound action, to workaround it i create my own buttons using this free website [https://www.clickminded.com/button-generator/](https://www.clickminded.com/button-generator/) or photoshop it and assign the compound action to it. ---
**Author:** ![kabookie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/kabookie/32/10994_2.png) [@kabookie](https://community.glideapps.com/u/kabookie)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2020, 6:36am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/count-clicks-on-a-tab-or-share-button/20281/11 "2020-12-28T06:36:19Z")
So you are basically creating a clickable image that looks like the button you want and takes action - this is a good solution and thanks for the tip for button factory, I am not familiar with that site. ---
**Author:** ![Amal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/amal/32/15421_2.png) [@Amal](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Amal)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2020, 6:40am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/count-clicks-on-a-tab-or-share-button/20281/12 "2020-12-28T06:40:36Z")
yes, its really a image with an action, you can take it one step further if you are good with photoshop to give the button a click animation. Basically make a copy of your button and washout the colors to ghost it (showing it has been clicked) then use increment and visibility to make one button disappear and other appear. ---
**Author:** ![Amal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/amal/32/15421_2.png) [@Amal](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Amal)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2020, 6:43am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/count-clicks-on-a-tab-or-share-button/20281/13 "2020-12-28T06:43:13Z")
my other method for sharing is using the new floating button feature like this ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/e/c/ec5f219f19abef5b60f94efa8f4634129fb8a606.png) assign whatever action you want to it and users easily identify its a share button. ---
**Author:** ![kabookie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/kabookie/32/10994_2.png) [@kabookie](https://community.glideapps.com/u/kabookie)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2020, 7:08am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/count-clicks-on-a-tab-or-share-button/20281/14 "2020-12-28T07:08:26Z")
I love that button, but for this app am using it as a “Call me” button - the main function of this app is for lead gen so it works great for that. Sharing is secondary 😉 ---
**Author:** ![kabookie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/kabookie/32/10994_2.png) [@kabookie](https://community.glideapps.com/u/kabookie)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2020, 7:09am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/count-clicks-on-a-tab-or-share-button/20281/15 "2020-12-28T07:09:40Z")
I use Canva for most everything - they do have an animate feature that works well - might be fun to play with it for this button ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2020, 7:23am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/count-clicks-on-a-tab-or-share-button/20281/16 "2020-12-28T07:23:30Z")
+1 for this. I usually use Canva for custom button designs. ---
**Author:** ![kabookie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/kabookie/32/10994_2.png) [@kabookie](https://community.glideapps.com/u/kabookie)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2020, 7:49am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/count-clicks-on-a-tab-or-share-button/20281/17 "2020-12-28T07:49:20Z")
![Copy of Glide Button 900x150](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/5/8/58ebc0753a7d3b73e796fca2fd4c725ec96ab74f.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Amal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/amal/32/15421_2.png) [@Amal](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Amal)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2020, 7:53am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/count-clicks-on-a-tab-or-share-button/20281/18 "2020-12-28T07:53:31Z")
Great work, Canva is super helpful. Just another Idea i use, i have a image template with button dimensions and change icon as required (copy, share etc) and then use the ‘Tag’ field to fill in my text manually or set from table. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/7/2/725361099f17e2d3d4c6b2797adcbae36920bc4e.png) Button template here, incase anyone would like to customize and use it: > **[copy2.png](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1W4htao2I8tGFerpt1pPaqhPc8fJKbEQ0/view?usp=sharing)** > > Google Drive file. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Pires](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/lucas_pires/32/64863_2.png) [@Lucas\_Pires](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Lucas_Pires)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2020, 5:17am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/count-clicks-on-a-tab-or-share-button/20281/19 "2020-12-31T05:17:33Z")
So do I! Actually all my designs are made there & **[LunaPic](http://lunapic.com/)** to remove background/crop/resize and so on Edit: I prefer LunaPic instead of RemoveBg because LunaPic keeps the original image size to remove bg ---
**Author:** ![Eric\_Penn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/eric_penn/32/73888_2.png) [@Eric\_Penn](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Eric_Penn)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2020, 4:27pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/count-clicks-on-a-tab-or-share-button/20281/20 "2020-12-31T16:27:30Z")
+1 lunaPic [Next page](https://community.glideapps.com/t/count-clicks-on-a-tab-or-share-button/20281.md?page=2)