# Text entry and button, side by side?

**URL:** https://community.glideapps.com/t/text-entry-and-button-side-by-side/70641
**Category:** Ask for Help
**Created:** [February 8, 2024, 7:12pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/text-entry-and-button-side-by-side/70641 "2024-02-08T19:12:37Z")
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### Author: ![Julia\_McGarry](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/julia_mcgarry/32/62322_2.png) [@Julia\_McGarry](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Julia_McGarry)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2024, 7:12pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/text-entry-and-button-side-by-side/70641/1 "2024-02-08T19:12:37Z")

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Still learning about Glide, apologies for the newbie question! I have this form with distinct actions for saving each field — Is it possible to have the button to the right of the text form? I would change the button format, likely to just be the checkmark icon.

Attaching what my screen currently looks like

 ![Screen Shot 2024-02-08 at 2.10.26 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/9/7/97c140a3650cf4242a419dbfea82753d57e8b9ad.png)

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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: [February 8, 2024, 7:37pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/text-entry-and-button-side-by-side/70641/2 "2024-02-08T19:37:31Z")

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You can use a 1:1 container to place components side by side, but it will only really work on a desktop. Containers are ignored on mobile devices.

But do you really need a button? If your screen is a detail screen then you can point each component to the respective column and update each value in real time as they change.

Or you could just have a single update button if you still wanted to go that route.

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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: [February 8, 2024, 11:38pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/text-entry-and-button-side-by-side/70641/3 "2024-02-08T23:38:04Z")

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What does your update button do though? I see that you have text entries and buttons on the same screen.

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### Author: ![abdo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/abdo/32/36540_2.png) [@abdo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/abdo)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2024, 4:38pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/text-entry-and-button-side-by-side/70641/4 "2024-02-12T16:38:56Z")

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The simplest & closest solution would be something like this but each on a line

 ![Screenshot 2024-02-12 at 7.37.39 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/c/a/ca78cc62b3e064333b8801d042a8b2fa60c5d0d6.png)