# Suggestions to make a contextuel help for my users

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/suggestions-to-make-a-contextuel-help-for-my-users/79129>\
**Category:** Ask for Help\
**Created:** [January 11, 2025, 7:16am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/suggestions-to-make-a-contextuel-help-for-my-users/79129 "2025-01-11T07:16:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![\_Romieux](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/_romieux/32/83089_2.png) [@\_Romieux](https://community.glideapps.com/u/_Romieux)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2025, 7:16am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/suggestions-to-make-a-contextuel-help-for-my-users/79129/1 "2025-01-11T07:16:03Z")

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Hi,

I searching to help my users using some contextuel help in my app. Exist some way to make a sliding panel using a small icon. It’s like a double panel on the same page. This is not a normal slider for contents but and overloaded content on the side open for helping purposes. I tried a button action but not nice.  
Advise or other suggestions guys

Many thanks, Romi

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**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:** [January 11, 2025, 7:40am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/suggestions-to-make-a-contextuel-help-for-my-users/79129/2 "2025-01-11T07:40:59Z")

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You could probably do something clever with CSS, but what I usually do is use a Hint component with an action that toggles visibility. Here is an example:

![CleanShot 2025-01-11 at 15.39.16](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/6/f/6f4e43ddb84ee7403b181b6a0391df62ff335427.gif)

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**Author:** ![\_Romieux](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/_romieux/32/83089_2.png) [@\_Romieux](https://community.glideapps.com/u/_Romieux)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2025, 8:29am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/suggestions-to-make-a-contextuel-help-for-my-users/79129/3 "2025-01-11T08:29:53Z")

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Sorry new user not well experimented. I’d tried with a button that show notification (not happy, not a good place). What are you using here? It’s like a panel with button and something that open? what are the composants, please.  
thanks

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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:** [January 11, 2025, 10:02am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/suggestions-to-make-a-contextuel-help-for-my-users/79129/4 "2025-01-11T10:02:20Z")

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> [@\_Romieux](#):
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> What are you using here? It’s like a panel with button and something that open? what are the composants, please.

> [@Darren\_Murphy](#):
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> Hint component with an action that toggles visibility.

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**Author:** ![\_Romieux](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/_romieux/32/83089_2.png) [@\_Romieux](https://community.glideapps.com/u/_Romieux)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2025, 3:00pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/suggestions-to-make-a-contextuel-help-for-my-users/79129/5 "2025-01-11T15:00:07Z")

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Found Hint with action but toggle what? Data or Interaction but I can’t fit your sample one a panel, plz

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**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:** [January 12, 2025, 10:37am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/suggestions-to-make-a-contextuel-help-for-my-users/79129/6 "2025-01-12T10:37:08Z")

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- Create a User Specific boolean column in the table your screen is attached to
- Add two hint components to your screen.
- Set opposite visibility conditions on the two hint components. One should be shown when the User Specific column is checked, the other should be shown when it is not checked
- Create a workflow (action) with two branches:  
– If User Specific column is checked  
— Set Column Values → User Specific Column → Clear Value  
– Else  
— Set Column Values → User Specific Column → `true`
- Configure both Hint components to use the above workflow