# Introducing the Reaction Component ๐ป
**URL:** https://community.glideapps.com/t/introducing-the-reaction-component/12155
**Category:** General
**Created:** [July 8, 2020, 1:14pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/introducing-the-reaction-component/12155 "2020-07-08T13:14:15Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@JackVaughan](https://community.glideapps.com/u/JackVaughan)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2020, 1:14pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/introducing-the-reaction-component/12155/1 "2020-07-08T13:14:15Z")
The reaction component allows you to configure different reactions your users can have to your items.
Each reaction has an emoji โ which is seen in the app, and a text string โ which is written to the sheet or data editor. Like the Rating and Like components, the Reaction component should be used with [user-specific columns](https://docs.glideapps.com/all/reference/data-editor/user-specific-columns) if you want users to all to react to the same items.
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### Author:  [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2020, 1:16pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/introducing-the-reaction-component/12155/2 "2020-07-08T13:16:46Z")
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### Author:  [@JackVaughan](https://community.glideapps.com/u/JackVaughan)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2020, 1:17pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/introducing-the-reaction-component/12155/3 "2020-07-08T13:17:25Z")
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### Author:  [@AyS\_0908](https://community.glideapps.com/u/AyS_0908)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2020, 1:27pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/introducing-the-reaction-component/12155/4 "2020-07-08T13:27:38Z")
Could it also be a workaround to create a new type of โchoice componentโโฆ ?
[edited] In fact no, since I notice that the โsmileysโ list is fixed by Glide; apparently we cannot customize it, can we @JackVaughan?
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### Author:  [@Jonathon\_Kohn](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jonathon_Kohn)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2020, 1:52pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/introducing-the-reaction-component/12155/5 "2020-07-08T13:52:30Z")
Please @JackVaughan, please, please, let us choose our own emojis! PLEASE.
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### Author:  [@Robert\_Petitto](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Robert_Petitto)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2020, 11:05pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/introducing-the-reaction-component/12155/6 "2020-07-08T23:05:20Z")
I imagine, eventually, once Rollup over user specific columns youโd see a count for each reaction like Facebook?
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### Author:  [@bcv1960](https://community.glideapps.com/u/bcv1960)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2020, 11:53pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/introducing-the-reaction-component/12155/7 "2020-07-08T23:53:45Z")
Great! Another terrific addition!
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### Author:  [@Nadir\_Abdelrahman\_MD](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Nadir_Abdelrahman_MD)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2020, 2:53am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/introducing-the-reaction-component/12155/8 "2020-07-09T02:53:03Z")
I love it
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### Author:  [@Lucas\_Pires](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Lucas_Pires)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2020, 6:11am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/introducing-the-reaction-component/12155/9 "2020-07-10T06:11:33Z")
Iโd really like this feature, not only for that but for similar ones as Like, Favorite and Rating. Would be the perfect match
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### Author:  [@matt](https://community.glideapps.com/u/matt)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2020, 8:50pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/introducing-the-reaction-component/12155/10 "2020-07-12T20:50:24Z")
This is cool, but trying to understand how we can use this info to improve the user experience. Will users be able to filter their lists by reaction? What are some other use cases?
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### Author:  [@jiabmsu\_msu](https://community.glideapps.com/u/jiabmsu_msu)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2020, 10:42am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/introducing-the-reaction-component/12155/11 "2020-07-13T10:42:40Z")
Thank you very much.
I must have them in my student app.
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### Author:  [@aha\_education](https://community.glideapps.com/u/aha_education)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2020, 2:40am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/introducing-the-reaction-component/12155/12 "2020-07-16T02:40:06Z")
Great. Can we show the cumulative user reactions?
Also can we have a like button emoji or thumbs up emoji in this please.
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### Author:  [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2020, 2:42am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/introducing-the-reaction-component/12155/13 "2020-07-16T02:42:35Z")
Cumulative user reactions need rollups over user-specific columns to be in place and as of now we donโt have that.
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### Author:  [@Deena](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Deena)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2020, 10:58am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/introducing-the-reaction-component/12155/14 "2020-07-17T10:58:23Z")
@ThinhDinh And no workaround for this? Cannot add a count column and roll it up? While this is a much loved feature that clearly brings joy to all, It seems impractical until we can roll up. Hopefully that will be possible very soon if there is no workaround! ๐
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### Author:  [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2020, 11:05am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/introducing-the-reaction-component/12155/15 "2020-07-17T11:05:03Z")
No workaround for this as of now, Deena. Unless you want to catch each reaction via a form and have a hell lot of rows ๐คฃ
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### Author:  [@everys](https://community.glideapps.com/u/everys)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2020, 10:22am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/introducing-the-reaction-component/12155/16 "2020-08-01T10:22:09Z")
can we just stacked those emojis into one array the way photo 1, photo 2, โฆ? I would like to see how people reacted to the pun/a small videoโฆ
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### Author:  [@Deena](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Deena)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2020, 1:59pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/introducing-the-reaction-component/12155/17 "2020-08-01T13:59:29Z")
Since Iโm on a roll with my feature requests today, please please pleaseeee - let us have more utility with user specific items sooner than later! I can barely contain my excitement about this happening! There is no workaround for many of these cases, and even so, workarounds make the apps more complex and difficult to maintain so Iโm avoiding them unless critical. Also noticed that special values for email and date are not available - I guess because you canโt record the reaction outside of a form.To be able to use these amazing reactions, or to use those cute ratings you introduced, to be able to roll up choices related to event RSVPs, upvote/downvote things, etc. would be hugely impactful to the user experience for many apps! ๐ฅฐ
Hope everyone is having a great weekend! Itโs another 90 degree day in NYC so Iโm staying cool inside Gliding. ๐
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### Author:  [@Deena](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Deena)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2020, 5:01pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/introducing-the-reaction-component/12155/18 "2020-08-01T17:01:01Z")
Well, actually this is exactly what I wanted to do but then ran into the problem that you canโt require that a reaction choice be made. ๐
I was going to use in a survey as a nicer choice component for the question โhow happy are you working hereโ which is a standard employee net promoter score question, but canโt risk people skipping it!
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### Author:  [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2020, 5:25pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/introducing-the-reaction-component/12155/19 "2020-08-01T17:25:06Z")
Store the reactions in a column in the Sheets and point them to a choice component I think.
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### Author:  [@Deena](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Deena)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2020, 5:57pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/introducing-the-reaction-component/12155/20 "2020-08-01T17:57:25Z")
But I still cannot require that they choose a reaction before they submit the formโฆcorrect? I have the reactions writing to the column using the email and date special values, but the issue now is that I canโt require a reaction to be selectedโฆ
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