# How to turn classic app carousel into horizontal collection

**URL:** https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-turn-classic-app-carousel-into-horizontal-collection/68275
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**Created:** [November 30, 2023, 7:13pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-turn-classic-app-carousel-into-horizontal-collection/68275 "2023-11-30T19:13:16Z")
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### Author: ![Katelyn\_Alberts](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/katelyn_alberts/32/44421_2.png) [@Katelyn\_Alberts](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Katelyn_Alberts)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2023, 7:13pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-turn-classic-app-carousel-into-horizontal-collection/68275/1 "2023-11-30T19:13:16Z")

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On classic apps I had an image array based carousel for profile pictures that i’m trying to convert into 1 main photo and 4 smaller back up photos shown in a horizontal row.

I have 2 problems so far…

On the computer version the pictures just aren’t becoming square despite the square icon, it’s just putting them in a square block.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/a/c/ac894ff0f96728b561360d5b07a236dfc4c87b27.jpeg)

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/6/f/6f6ad787a11f6edefe29b8cb0aa21c784fdc50ac.jpeg)

On the phone version it’s putting them in a vertical row, which doesn’t work

so i think i need a different work around?

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### 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: [November 30, 2023, 7:25pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-turn-classic-app-carousel-into-horizontal-collection/68275/2 "2023-11-30T19:25:54Z")

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One workaround is to copy the array to a small helper table. Add an index column (0,1,2) and extract the images from the array with a single value → from start…using the index column for the row

Add a grid collection/ horizontal to your screen with the helper table as its source

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### Author: ![Katelyn\_Alberts](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/katelyn_alberts/32/44421_2.png) [@Katelyn\_Alberts](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Katelyn_Alberts)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2023, 7:57pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-turn-classic-app-carousel-into-horizontal-collection/68275/3 "2023-11-30T19:57:28Z")

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I had a feeling i was going to have to make a new table.

My problem is that I always get confused trying to set up the helper table with those first columns to connect to the original table correctly. I need row id lookups, and single values, and arrays, and i get all confused lol

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### 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: [November 30, 2023, 8:04pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-turn-classic-app-carousel-into-horizontal-collection/68275/4 "2023-11-30T20:04:17Z")

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I hear ya… I don’t use the auto row number trick for small tables. I simply hard code a row number column (0,1,2) and proceed from there.

 ![Screenshot 2023-11-30 at 3.03.37 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/1/3/1315fdb59be39340cfcbc609e249fca092a54bac.png)

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### Author: ![Katelyn\_Alberts](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/katelyn_alberts/32/44421_2.png) [@Katelyn\_Alberts](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Katelyn_Alberts)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2023, 2:20am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-turn-classic-app-carousel-into-horizontal-collection/68275/5 "2023-12-01T02:20:54Z")

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ive never done that. I need about 130 rows!