# Custom collection as a list **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask for Help\ **Created:** [April 2, 2023, 8:23am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/custom-collection-as-a-list/60025 "2023-04-02T08:23:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pluzgi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/pluzgi/32/56533_2.png) [@pluzgi](https://community.glideapps.com/u/pluzgi)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2023, 8:23am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/custom-collection-as-a-list/60025/1 "2023-04-02T08:23:52Z")
Hi there, i’m looking for a possibility to setup a custom collection (cause i need more fields) as a list. Is that not possible? ![Bildschirm­foto 2023-04-02 um 10.22.13](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/c/e/cec8ebd1972d10080d1a4a7afce65f7a5c800cb1.jpeg) Thanks and have a nice day, Sabine ---
**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:** [April 2, 2023, 10:44am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/custom-collection-as-a-list/60025/2 "2023-04-02T10:44:16Z")
I see that you are already using a custom collection. ![Screenshot_20230402-054140](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/9/9/995562a660d03b6b782a7522e565e529372a7f52.png) I’m not sure that I understand your problem. Have you experimented with different layouts for the custom collection? ![Screenshot_20230402-054201](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/5/d/5d85d7e76f006ac5c82992d6606ef94fc2d55c04.png) ---
**Author:** ![pluzgi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/pluzgi/32/56533_2.png) [@pluzgi](https://community.glideapps.com/u/pluzgi)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2023, 10:49am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/custom-collection-as-a-list/60025/3 "2023-04-02T10:49:52Z")
Thanks, Jeff. Yes, i do have. I want to set up a horizontal list like you can with standard collection for min. 4 values. I couldn’t manage that with the custom collection. Do you have any other idea? ![Bildschirm­foto 2023-04-02 um 12.48.27](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/6/4/64511476b15bf0d130c95838ecf6cd6e48c43999.png) ---
**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:** [April 2, 2023, 12:03pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/custom-collection-as-a-list/60025/4 "2023-04-02T12:03:41Z")
There are a few different ways you could do it. - You could use the Full layout for the collection and add a data grid. This is probably the easiest method with the best results. (Technically, you wouldn’t even need to use a custom collection and you could just use the data grid only, unless you need some added benefits from the custom collection.) - You could use the Full layout for the collection. Then create an HTML table with your data, and display it in a rich text component if you want to get a little more into some minor coding. - You could use the 3 column layout and combine two values together using a template column. There’s probably some other methods you could use. It just takes some creativity sometimes to make it happen in glide. ---
**Author:** ![pluzgi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/pluzgi/32/56533_2.png) [@pluzgi](https://community.glideapps.com/u/pluzgi)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2023, 3:25pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/custom-collection-as-a-list/60025/5 "2023-04-02T15:25:38Z")
Thanks, Jeff. I setup the first approach but now i have this one table but my whole dashboard has been overwritten somehow. i didn’t delete anything. Very strange. ---
**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:** [April 2, 2023, 9:35pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/custom-collection-as-a-list/60025/6 "2023-04-02T21:35:28Z")
> [@The settings i have done are gone suddenly - why](https://community.glideapps.com/t/the-settings-i-have-done-are-gone-suddenly-why/60015/7): > > Can I ask why you changed the source table for the the entire tab? Normally you wouldn’t do that unless you had a good reason to make the change. All of those components you had on the screen were tied to that table before you changed it to another table. Are you sure that you didn’t intend to change the source for only one of the collection components on the screen, as opposed to changing the source for the entire screen? I suspect that you didn’t mean to change the source for the tab/scree… ---
**Author:** ![pluzgi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/pluzgi/32/56533_2.png) [@pluzgi](https://community.glideapps.com/u/pluzgi)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2023, 5:40am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/custom-collection-as-a-list/60025/7 "2023-04-03T05:40:21Z")
For new users it might be helpful that there would be a hint, that changing the source leads to the lost of all components. From my experience with other solutions this was unexpected to me. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2023, 11:56am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/custom-collection-as-a-list/60025/8 "2023-04-03T11:56:12Z")
There is always the Undo button in the bottom left of part of the builder if you need to undo a change. You can also use CTRL+Z. or CMD+Z to undo a change. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/system/32/53398_2.png) [@system](https://community.glideapps.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 11:56am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/custom-collection-as-a-list/60025/9 "2023-04-04T11:56:33Z")
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