# Display Text when a table is empty **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask for Help\ **Created:** [October 23, 2020, 5:09am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/display-text-when-a-table-is-empty/17496 "2020-10-23T05:09:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Misty\_Meadows](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/misty_meadows/32/15473_2.png) [@Misty\_Meadows](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Misty_Meadows)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 5:09am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/display-text-when-a-table-is-empty/17496/1 "2020-10-23T05:09:27Z")
When there are no items in a list to display, is there a way to display text that says something like “no items to display”? It seems that visibility of static text is dependent on the existence of data. ---
**Author:** ![abhilashabhatia](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/abhilashabhatia/32/10618_2.png) [@abhilashabhatia](https://community.glideapps.com/u/abhilashabhatia)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 6:07am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/display-text-when-a-table-is-empty/17496/2 "2020-10-23T06:07:55Z")
Hi @Misty_Meadows You can add visibility on the component via Features like below and then add custom text. ![Screen Shot 2020-10-23 at 2.03.02 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/2X/d/d0e2c4bec5626034db09286e71a019a89a21a5f4.png) ![Screen Shot 2020-10-23 at 2.05.03 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/2X/d/d5648ac283cf4e2538cb5ffaa232e337cf9de8a5.png) ![Screen Shot 2020-10-23 at 2.05.12 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/2X/f/f0eb5b642b492155b2b758bde4057fc5fd48eeb3.png) ---
**Author:** ![Misty\_Meadows](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/misty_meadows/32/15473_2.png) [@Misty\_Meadows](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Misty_Meadows)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 5:40pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/display-text-when-a-table-is-empty/17496/3 "2020-10-23T17:40:00Z")
Thanks ---
**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:** [October 23, 2020, 5:58pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/display-text-when-a-table-is-empty/17496/4 "2020-10-23T17:58:19Z")
Or use an if-then-else column in the GDE. If [column] is empty then display “Nothing to display”. Then use the if-then-else column in the table. ---
**Author:** ![Misty\_Meadows](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/misty_meadows/32/15473_2.png) [@Misty\_Meadows](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Misty_Meadows)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 6:01pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/display-text-when-a-table-is-empty/17496/5 "2020-10-23T18:01:47Z")
My situation is that it’s not an empty table, but the filtering doesn’t display any rows. It’s a pretty long filter to have to copy manually. Is there an alternative? ---
**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:** [October 23, 2020, 10:06pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/display-text-when-a-table-is-empty/17496/6 "2020-10-23T22:06:11Z")
You can build an if then else column that takes into account all of your filters, I usually give it boolean values. Then use a rollup with True/False values, I believe there is a “some true” option. Have a text saying “No items to show” that is shown when the rollup equals 0/is False or something like that. ---
**Author:** ![Misty\_Meadows](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/misty_meadows/32/15473_2.png) [@Misty\_Meadows](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Misty_Meadows)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 10:07pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/display-text-when-a-table-is-empty/17496/7 "2020-10-23T22:07:57Z")
Good idea - Thanks!