# I can't make use of ''show edit screen'' action more than once
**URL:** https://community.glideapps.com/t/i-cant-make-use-of-show-edit-screen-action-more-than-once/74400
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**Created:** [June 26, 2024, 4:14pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/i-cant-make-use-of-show-edit-screen-action-more-than-once/74400 "2024-06-26T16:14:45Z")
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### Author:  [@Okoh\_Peter](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Okoh_Peter)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2024, 4:14pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/i-cant-make-use-of-show-edit-screen-action-more-than-once/74400/1 "2024-06-26T16:14:45Z")
i am facing an issue with my app, why is it that i can’t make use of ‘‘show edit screen’’ action more than once?
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### Author:  [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2024, 1:24am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/i-cant-make-use-of-show-edit-screen-action-more-than-once/74400/2 "2024-06-27T01:24:30Z")
An edit screen, just like the “details screen”, is tied to the action that opens them, not like “show new screen” where you can configure a whole new layout for a row.
You can utilize a flow that sets a value in the same row/in the user profiles table, then show/hide components inside the edit screen using that value, to be able to have “different edit screens”.
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### Author:  [@Robert\_Petitto](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Robert_Petitto)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2024, 3:56am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/i-cant-make-use-of-show-edit-screen-action-more-than-once/74400/3 "2024-06-28T03:56:22Z")
Ya…often what I’ll do is create a custom action that
1. Writes a value to the user’s table with the purpose of the edit
2. Show Edit Screen
Then, I create containers on the edit screen with visibility conditions based on the value I wrote in step 1.
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### Author:  [@Robert\_Petitto](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Robert_Petitto)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2024, 3:56am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/i-cant-make-use-of-show-edit-screen-action-more-than-once/74400/4 "2024-06-28T03:56:51Z")
vote here:
> [@Custom different edit screens folded\_hands Please vote](https://community.glideapps.com/t/custom-different-edit-screens-please-vote/58138):
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> Hello Would it be possible to add an option: of different editing screens (and that the same editing screen does not appear) I mean as in references to: a new screen, or a form screen It will be possible to custom design several different types of editing screens - for the same line In my opinion, this is a very powerful and useful idea for GLIDE PAGES Provides great flexibility and ease of updating statuses by user or situation Many will be happy if you add it
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### Author:  [@Okoh\_Peter](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Okoh_Peter)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2024, 1:46pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/i-cant-make-use-of-show-edit-screen-action-more-than-once/74400/5 "2024-06-28T13:46:35Z")
this was helpful… thank you