Hi all. Literally my first day using Glide and I’m having trouble building a checklist app that lets me filter the items that show up on my checklist. My use case is I’d like to create a simple packing checklist. I have a list of things that I pack on every trip and then I have a few other things t…

[image] jvwald: My use case is I’d like to create a simple packing checklist. I have a list of things that I pack on every trip and then I have a few other things that I need to bring on work trips. So I’d like a switch that I can turn on for work trips that will show those extra items. Do yo…

Thanks Darren! I have added a column that identifies those items. I’ll include a screenshot below, in case that’s helpful. If I’ve set up the data correctly, I could really use some help with the logic to make the “Houston” switch filter things on my packing list. [Screenshot 2025-01-04 at 6.39.04…

[image] jvwald: I could really use some help with the logic to make the “Houston” switch filter things on my packing list. That’s simply a matter of applying a collection filter. [image] Conditions, Filtering, and Visibility | Glide Docs Limit the content displayed in your apps. …

Okay, thanks Darren. I think I understand collection filters. The problem I’m having is I’d like to use a switch component above my checklist that essentially turns the filter on and off. So when the switch is on, a subset of the list is displayed (the items where “Houston” is true), and when the sw…

Okay, so what you could do is add one more boolean column to your table, but make it User Specific. Your switch component will write to this column. As the switch will only set the value in the first row, you need to apply that to all rows. For this, a Single Value column can be used. Then you need…

Okay! Great success! I got the list to filter based on the switch. Thanks for that explanation. I didn’t realize that the switch sets the value for the first row. Moving on to the “ParentID reset” trick, I tried to copy everything you created but I couldn’t get it to work. One clarifying question: …

[image] jvwald: I didn’t realize that the switch sets the value for the first row. Strictly speaking it sets the value in the row that the screen is attached to. But it could set a value in a different row, depending on how things are set up. But the important point is that it only ever sets …

Okay Darren. I’m almost there. :slight_smile: I’ve got the reset button working and the filtering working. The only thing I’m missing now is the user can no longer edit or add things to the checklist. These options were under “Actions” but they’re no longer available when I enabled advanced actions.…

The Add and Edit actions should still be there. You may need to add them if they aren’t there. Advanced Actions just open it up to more advanced customization. Can you show what the action tab looks like for your collection?

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jvwald January 15, 2025, 4:45pm 11

Thanks @Jeff_Hager. Sorry that I missed your response initially. I’ve attached a screen shot of what I’m seeing. I’m not seeing the Add and Edit actions but they do appear if I click “Switch back to default actions” but that breaks some other stuff.

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