# Send user to a specific page, form, or document? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask for Help\ **Created:** [December 16, 2020, 1:13pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/send-user-to-a-specific-page-form-or-document/19947 "2020-12-16T13:13:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Advance\_Vision](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/advance_vision/32/16036_2.png) [@Advance\_Vision](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Advance_Vision)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 1:13pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/send-user-to-a-specific-page-form-or-document/19947/1 "2020-12-16T13:13:16Z")
Hello, Is it possible to send a client to a specific page , or form or document inside Glide? Or I have to create a visibility only page? Thank you ---
**Author:** ![Rosewebstudio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/rosewebstudio/32/12261_2.png) [@Rosewebstudio](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Rosewebstudio)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 1:23pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/send-user-to-a-specific-page-form-or-document/19947/2 "2020-12-16T13:23:30Z")
Hi @Advance_Vision you could maybe send to specific page using deep links > [@new Deep Links](https://community.glideapps.com/t/deep-links/15966): > > Viewing a detail screen will now update the current URL, which is now available as a value called Link to current screen: Copy this link to clipboard, send it to Zapier, or use the Share action to let your users easily share items in your app any way they’d like. Note: Your sheet needs a Row ID column (or just use a Glide Table!) for deep links to work. > **[Glide Docs](https://www.glideapps.com/docs)** > > Welcome to Glide Docs, a steadily growing collection of articles and videos on how to use Glide. We can’t wait to see what you build! ---
**Author:** ![Advance\_Vision](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/advance_vision/32/16036_2.png) [@Advance\_Vision](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Advance_Vision)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 2:06pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/send-user-to-a-specific-page-form-or-document/19947/3 "2020-12-16T14:06:29Z")
Thanks @Rosewebstudio, I did not see that feature before . Thanks for your help ---
**Author:** ![Malcolm\_Lewis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Malcolm\_Lewis](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Malcolm_Lewis)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2021, 3:54pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/send-user-to-a-specific-page-form-or-document/19947/4 "2021-11-05T15:54:50Z")
Hi, I don’t see an option for adding a Row ID column in the Glide Table editor: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/3/d/3d897d999a90af67da0eb9d2a7a77db555021550.png) Also, my User Glide Table has a unique UserID. Not sure how it got there (someone helped me) and not sure if this serves as a Row ID? ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/9/8/98a394cc521225ef3fb0475fd7e92d1a49cf546f.png) Also not seeing a Share component to select and add to my page… ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/7/1/716a67f16d693aea5b25e2ecacdc6789bbed04b7.png) ---
**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:** [November 5, 2021, 3:56pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/send-user-to-a-specific-page-form-or-document/19947/5 "2021-11-05T15:56:13Z")
The lock and greyed out text indicates that it’s a RowID. How it got renamed to UserID, I don’t know. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2021, 3:56pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/send-user-to-a-specific-page-form-or-document/19947/6 "2021-11-05T15:56:44Z")
> [@Malcolm\_Lewis](#): > > Also, my User Glide Table has a unique UserID. Not sure how it got there (someone helped me) and not sure if this serves as a Row ID? Yes, that looks like a RowID column that’s just been renamed. > [@Malcolm\_Lewis](#): > > Hi, I don’t see an option for adding a Row ID column in the Glide Table editor: Glide won’t let you add a RowID column to a table that already has one. ---
**Author:** ![Malcolm\_Lewis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Malcolm\_Lewis](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Malcolm_Lewis)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2021, 3:58pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/send-user-to-a-specific-page-form-or-document/19947/7 "2021-11-05T15:58:11Z")
Thanks. I’m still not seeing a Share component I can add to my current screen and assign to Current Screen. is that still in the platform? ---
**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:** [November 5, 2021, 4:04pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/send-user-to-a-specific-page-form-or-document/19947/8 "2021-11-05T16:04:51Z")
Component??? Do you mean the ‘Share Link’ action? ---
**Author:** ![Malcolm\_Lewis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Malcolm\_Lewis](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Malcolm_Lewis)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2021, 4:10pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/send-user-to-a-specific-page-form-or-document/19947/9 "2021-11-05T16:10:22Z")
I’m referring to the Share action mentioned in [https://docs.glideapps.com/all/reference/design-and-structure/deep-links](https://docs.glideapps.com/all/reference/design-and-structure/deep-links). trying to add a button to my page that is a shareable deep link. The docs show this: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/1/2/127dc65963946e214eb22b32ef3c00ba69548b05.jpeg) ---
**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:** [November 5, 2021, 4:18pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/send-user-to-a-specific-page-form-or-document/19947/10 "2021-11-05T16:18:06Z")
So you added a button with a ‘Share Link’ action, but the ‘Link to Current Screen’ option does show up as an option for the data setting? Are you sure that you are viewing the details screen from the correct table? The renamed RowID column kind of concerns me. I never rename that column since it has much deeper meaning for the glide internals. Not saying it can’t be renamed, but that would be one of my first suspicions for things not working correctly. Can you show screenshots of the selected action on your button and the list of columns that show up in the ‘Data’ setting? ---
**Author:** ![Malcolm\_Lewis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Malcolm\_Lewis](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Malcolm_Lewis)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2021, 4:24pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/send-user-to-a-specific-page-form-or-document/19947/11 "2021-11-05T16:24:30Z")
Thanks, @Jeff_Hager. I figured it out from your response. As you said, I needed to add a Button, then select the Share Link action, then select Current Screen. And then test it on my phone since nothing happens in the app editor. For good measure, I renamed that UserID column to RowID, per your comment on the importance of that column name. Thanks for your help. PS I think I read somewhere that the link will open up in Safari (or default browser) on my iPhone even if I have my app saved as an icon. So it doesn’t quite behave like, eg a Yelp link, that will open the app if it’s installed on my iPhone. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2021, 4:25pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/send-user-to-a-specific-page-form-or-document/19947/12 "2021-11-05T16:25:58Z")
> [@Jeff\_Hager](#): > > The renamed RowID column kind of concerns me. I never rename that column since it has much deeper meaning for the glide internals. Not saying it can’t be renamed, but that would be one of my first suspicions for things not working correctly. I’m fairly certain it can be safely renamed. I’ve been doing it for quite some time now, and not had any adverse side effects. Because I essentially use RowID as a UUID, I find it convenient to rename it as something that relates to the data in the same table. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2021, 4:29pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/send-user-to-a-specific-page-form-or-document/19947/13 "2021-11-05T16:29:22Z")
Good to know! ---
**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:** [November 5, 2021, 4:34pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/send-user-to-a-specific-page-form-or-document/19947/14 "2021-11-05T16:34:11Z")
haha… although, all that said I will admit that I rarely use the Share Link option. So maybe this is an edge case where it _does_ matter 🤷🏼‍♂️😂 ---
**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:** [November 5, 2021, 4:43pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/send-user-to-a-specific-page-form-or-document/19947/15 "2021-11-05T16:43:37Z")
Hehe, I really don’t know. Glide handles renaming columns really well, but I’ve never had to need to do it for the RowID. All I know is that people have ran into issues in the past when they started messing with that column. Who knows. ---
**Author:** ![Andrea\_Lasalandra](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/andrea_lasalandra/32/40767_2.png) [@Andrea\_Lasalandra](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Andrea_Lasalandra)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2022, 3:41pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/send-user-to-a-specific-page-form-or-document/19947/16 "2022-03-15T15:41:03Z")
On some smartphones the deep links in my app open to the specific desired page but on some other smartphone that SAME link opens the app homepage and not the specific page. Anyone knows why? Thanks ---
**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:** [March 15, 2022, 4:36pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/send-user-to-a-specific-page-form-or-document/19947/17 "2022-03-15T16:36:11Z")
Are those rows for the deep link under Row Ownership? If the app defaults to the home screen, are users still able to navigate to the specific screen that the deep link should have taken them too? Just trying to eliminate the possibility that they may not have access to that data. ---
**Author:** ![Andrea\_Lasalandra](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/andrea_lasalandra/32/40767_2.png) [@Andrea\_Lasalandra](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Andrea_Lasalandra)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2022, 5:24pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/send-user-to-a-specific-page-form-or-document/19947/18 "2022-03-15T17:24:37Z")
Yes users are still able to navigate to that specific procedure, very strange ---
**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:** [March 15, 2022, 6:17pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/send-user-to-a-specific-page-form-or-document/19947/19 "2022-03-15T18:17:12Z")
Is this something that happens on certain devices or browsers, or does it seem to be random? When it doesn’t work, does the app seem to be taking longer to load by any chance? ---
**Author:** ![Andrea\_Lasalandra](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/andrea_lasalandra/32/40767_2.png) [@Andrea\_Lasalandra](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Andrea_Lasalandra)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 11:52am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/send-user-to-a-specific-page-form-or-document/19947/20 "2022-03-16T11:52:58Z")
Thank you for your help! It seems random, on some devices and only sometimes. But I will make more tests to be certain of this. Also my deep links are very very long, like: [https://likest.app/dl/ewAiAHQAIgA6ADEAMQAsACIAcwAiADoAIgBjAGwAYQBzAHMALQBMAGUAYQByAG4AaQBuAGcAIABDAGUAbgB0AGUAcgAiACwAIgByACIAOgAiADkAdwBEAHMAQwBJADAALgBUAGgAbQBSAFYAUQB3AHEARABNADIAVgBjAEEAIgAsACIAbgAiADoAIgBSAGUAZwBpAHMAdAByAGEAegBpAG8AbgBlACAAYwBsAGkAZQBuAHQAaQAgAFMARQBOAFoAQQAgAFAAYQBzAHMAcABvAHIAdABzAGMAYQBuACAAKABtAGEAbgB1AGEAbABtAGUAbgB0AGUAKQAiAH0A/full](https://likest.app/dl/ewAiAHQAIgA6ADEAMQAsACIAcwAiADoAIgBjAGwAYQBzAHMALQBMAGUAYQByAG4AaQBuAGcAIABDAGUAbgB0AGUAcgAiACwAIgByACIAOgAiADkAdwBEAHMAQwBJADAALgBUAGgAbQBSAFYAUQB3AHEARABNADIAVgBjAEEAIgAsACIAbgAiADoAIgBSAGUAZwBpAHMAdAByAGEAegBpAG8AbgBlACAAYwBsAGkAZQBuAHQAaQAgAFMARQBOAFoAQQAgAFAAYQBzAHMAcABvAHIAdABzAGMAYQBuACAAKABtAGEAbgB1AGEAbABtAGUAbgB0AGUAKQAiAH0A/full) Is there a way to have shorter deep links? [Next page](https://community.glideapps.com/t/send-user-to-a-specific-page-form-or-document/19947.md?page=2)