Strange button behaviour

Is there an issue with Glide today? When I add a button component then change select an action the button disappears as if a visibility condition has been set. Doesn’t matter what action I select or de-select, the visibility does not return…

I thought I found a workaround by adding a button block with 2 buttons then deleting the 2nd. However, this soon disappeared too this time triggered by me changing to view the App as another signed-in user. Very strange.

Is your screen connected to a row?

Not really. I have it connected to a table with row owners. However, I realize now that with a new owner, the table not have any rows that are visible to a new user. Hence, any button actions that use a row from the current table will not be valid. I wanted to just open a new screen that would manipulate data in the users table. But it seem this is problematic for Glide when the screen’s table is blank.

UPDATE:

It is solved by specifying the Data for the action comes from a different table. Not sure if this is a new feature in the last few months. I never realized you could do this and always left that as default.

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No, that’s not new. It’s been an option for as long as I can remember.
It’s commonly used with custom forms - open a new or details screen via a Single Value column in the User Profile row that targets a single row helper table.

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Ok my Alzheimer’s must be new! :slight_smile:

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