Editing pemissions in new app format : "custom" style

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Hi:

I do not know how to set editing permissions for screens in the new app format. In the classic format I can set the permissions when “details” is selected as the screen style. In the new format when I choose “custom” for the screen layout I cannot see how to set the editing permissions.

Can anyone help?

Thanks

Paul Winterbottom

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There’s no “edit” as a fixed option on the top right anymore. You should tie your condition to:

  • Default action of collection > Allow users to edit items > Add condition

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  • Condition on action to “Show edit screen”.

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Thanks but I still cannot understand what to do in my case: my screen is not just a list (collection) but a custom layout with multiple components and containers. I want to be able to edit it and to add new “pages” (rows in my database) from the screen (but restrict this option to me - not my students).

This was very easy in the classic app and I seem to be able to do it in the new style by adding a button component to the screen - linking it to “show edit screen” and “show form screen” - and making the buttons only visible to me. But this seems a complicated way to do something that used to be very simple.

Am I missing something obvious?

Thanks

Paul

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You can use the native add and edit for collections in the right hand side of the layout editor under ‘actions’.

First select the collection… then edit it on the right.

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But there is no “collection” (which I think is similar to the old list). If I have a collection then I can select it and the Action option is available. But here there are multiple f components of different types. These are laid out using the “custom” style option. In this case the Action option does not appear. (See screenshot). I would like to set editing permissions for the whole screen.

Thanks

Paul

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I hear ya but as @ThinhDinh pointed out there is no more option to edit in the top right anymore…you’ll have to add it somewhere else in your flow. You could still accomplish the same thing… the goal should be to open an edit/new screen and you could configure it from there. The Title, Button, Rich Text, and Action Row components all support actions just to name a few.

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OK got it thanks. I can open an edit screen from a button bar and make that button only visible to me.

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