# Layout editor nicety **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Requests\ **Created:** [June 7, 2023, 1:27pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/layout-editor-nicety/62540 "2023-06-07T13:27:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MattLB](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mattlb/32/41284_2.png) [@MattLB](https://community.glideapps.com/u/MattLB)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2023, 1:27pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/layout-editor-nicety/62540/1 "2023-06-07T13:27:27Z")
I hate putting this as a feature but…here goes. When deleting a column you get this generic pop-up. Can Glide ADD the name of the column that is being deleted as a courtesy (and maybe the number of times it is still ‘in-use’) to this confirmation. This is especially helpful when you are cleaning up and deleting multiple columns. The Glide editor has a tendency to ‘shift’ below the mouse and selecting the wrong column has occurred. It is a little thing but it would make deleting more reassuring (especially to new users) if they knew exactly what they are deleting before hitting the “can’t undo this” button. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/2/6/2696be759997f8b17bc99f0fd5d9aed79015f144.png) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2023, 1:46pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/layout-editor-nicety/62540/2 "2023-06-07T13:46:07Z")
> [@MattLB](#): > > This is especially helpful when you are cleaning up and deleting multiple columns. The Glide editor has a tendency to ‘shift’ below the mouse and selecting the wrong column has occurred. Yeah, it’s very easy to get bitten by that one if you’re not careful. ---
**Author:** ![MattLB](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mattlb/32/41284_2.png) [@MattLB](https://community.glideapps.com/u/MattLB)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2023, 1:52pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/layout-editor-nicety/62540/3 "2023-06-07T13:52:59Z")
Once Bitten Twice Shy as Ian Hunter taught us…glad I may not be the only this has happened to. ---
**Author:** ![MatthewS](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/matthews/32/40533_2.png) [@MatthewS](https://community.glideapps.com/u/MatthewS)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2023, 2:08pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/layout-editor-nicety/62540/4 "2023-06-07T14:08:31Z")
Haha yes that would be a nice and easy add! I haven’t gotten bit by this yet on anything important… but I have many times right after clicking delete, hit close on this warning to double check myself! ---
**Author:** ![MatthewS](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/matthews/32/40533_2.png) [@MatthewS](https://community.glideapps.com/u/MatthewS)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2023, 4:07pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/layout-editor-nicety/62540/5 "2023-06-20T16:07:13Z")
Check it out! Thanks for suggesting this. Looks like this feature request has been added 😃 ![Screenshot 2023-06-20 at 12.05.47 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/8/7/87c35bfca2d6c02f555bf5ef2ed805775c311c65.png) ---
**Author:** ![MattLB](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mattlb/32/41284_2.png) [@MattLB](https://community.glideapps.com/u/MattLB)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2023, 2:27pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/layout-editor-nicety/62540/6 "2023-06-21T14:27:43Z")
Thanks for the update ‘other Matt’ 🙂 … my next mini-request is to allow actions with Hints. I love hints as a way to display information in a ‘tight’ format. Unfortunately they are not actionable so I am resorting to using RTF component and using a template to recreate the ‘hint’ UI. ---
**Author:** ![MatthewS](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/matthews/32/40533_2.png) [@MatthewS](https://community.glideapps.com/u/MatthewS)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2023, 2:36pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/layout-editor-nicety/62540/7 "2023-06-21T14:36:49Z")
Hints have actions already! This is what you’re saying you want, right? ![Screenshot 2023-06-21 at 10.35.54 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/2/4/24978a0832c129b2d4f38be8970726b7e4da1456.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![MattLB](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mattlb/32/41284_2.png) [@MattLB](https://community.glideapps.com/u/MattLB)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2023, 2:38pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/layout-editor-nicety/62540/8 "2023-06-21T14:38:45Z")
Not in classic mode - Guess I will wait on this until I move over to ‘new Glide’ ---
**Author:** ![MattLB](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mattlb/32/41284_2.png) [@MattLB](https://community.glideapps.com/u/MattLB)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2023, 2:42pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/layout-editor-nicety/62540/9 "2023-06-21T14:42:57Z")
This is cool. When I need an actionable ‘hint’ in Classic I craft a one-row table (I have templates of them) and build my own ‘hint’ with a rich text component. ---
**Author:** ![MatthewS](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/matthews/32/40533_2.png) [@MatthewS](https://community.glideapps.com/u/MatthewS)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2023, 2:47pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/layout-editor-nicety/62540/10 "2023-06-21T14:47:09Z")
Whats the point of the one row table for making the RTF ‘hints’? ---
**Author:** ![MattLB](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mattlb/32/41284_2.png) [@MattLB](https://community.glideapps.com/u/MattLB)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2023, 3:17pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/layout-editor-nicety/62540/11 "2023-06-21T15:17:12Z")
Not a glide table…an html table. I have well over a dozen scorecards/scoreboards which are Tables (typically based on rollups) (thank you @Darren_Murphy) to ‘tightly’ present high level data which then can be drilled down into. These are displayed are Rich Text. Great for leadership snapshots of the business. My Hints are a simplified variant of these tables. I select the background based on the ‘type’ of the hint. Here is a generic ‘Hint’-clone. Not as subtle/well-defined as a Glide-hint but actionable without a button and I can add a header and have customizable ‘fonts’ / ‘background’ (larger/smaller/bold/italic/colors). I use this currently in 4 spots where I had Glide hints but wanted them actionable (customer can dive into more details about the HINT info) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/5/c/5cf23a2e71b0b920dd1a116fa740cdd39dd356be.png) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/system/32/53398_2.png) [@system](https://community.glideapps.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 3:17pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/layout-editor-nicety/62540/12 "2023-06-22T15:17:57Z")
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