# Make changes to items via form

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/make-changes-to-items-via-form/12776>\
**Category:** Ask for Help\
**Created:** [July 19, 2020, 1:19pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/make-changes-to-items-via-form/12776 "2020-07-19T13:19:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Alexdz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/alexdz/32/10382_2.png) [@Alexdz](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Alexdz)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2020, 1:19pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/make-changes-to-items-via-form/12776/1 "2020-07-19T13:19:21Z")

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I would like to insert different forms on a single item view, where users can choose what kind of information they would like to update. I have tried by autoamtically pulling in the Row ID of the item, but that doesn’t seem to work. New items appear for a moment in the app, and then they disappear (I guess since the Row ID is the same, they shouldn’t be there).

Is something like this possible via a form?

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**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2020, 1:25pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/make-changes-to-items-via-form/12776/2 "2020-07-19T13:25:51Z")

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Do it via the edit option, let users choose from a choice option that writes to a user-specific column what they want to edit, then show the right entry using conditional visibility.

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**Author:** ![Alexdz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/alexdz/32/10382_2.png) [@Alexdz](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Alexdz)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2020, 1:42pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/make-changes-to-items-via-form/12776/3 "2020-07-19T13:42:18Z")

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Yes, this is plan B, but definitely works. I am doing it right now.

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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2020, 2:39pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/make-changes-to-items-via-form/12776/4 "2020-07-19T14:39:58Z")

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Forms are designed to add new rows only. The edit pencil is one option, but if you still want a button to function like an edit, then you can set a button action to link to screen to “this item”. Then design that screen with entry components. The only downside is that there is no submit button and changes are instant. Also, there is no access to special value components.