# Template Column

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/template-column/3670>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [January 16, 2020, 8:22pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/template-column/3670 "2020-01-16T20:22:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![dmilleravid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/dmilleravid/32/2230_2.png) [@dmilleravid](https://community.glideapps.com/u/dmilleravid)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 8:22pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/template-column/3670/1 "2020-01-16T20:22:06Z")

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I’ve started to use Template columns quite a bit to give myself far more control over how fields are rendered on a Tab. As a result, I find myself switching back and forth between the Data view and the Layout view and it’s really time-consuming.

It would be far better if the Replacements section (see below) of the Template editor:

 ![Screen Shot 2020-01-16 at 3.14.30 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/2X/e/eb83417e2c57b826cb466318f5fa9a07eef8085f.png)

were embedded within the Layout designed here:

 ![Screen Shot 2020-01-16 at 3.20.40 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/2X/c/cc3528bca824c4fb9b6650b859a13091074d208a.png)

That way, it would be far easier to make and see the results of your changes without tabbing in and out of the different views.

Make sense?

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**Author:** ![Mark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mark/32/125_2.png) [@Mark](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Mark)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 8:23pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/template-column/3670/2 "2020-01-16T20:23:38Z")

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We hear you.