Hey folks , I have a form container with a text entry included. The “action after submit” is set to “set column values” which works but it seems to creating a new row with the same value as well when it should only be updating. Any ideas why this would be or how to fix? [Screenshot 2023-08-21 a…

The Form Screen will ALWAYS create a new row. If you want to update a row, you need to use an Edit Screen

Seems strange when the action is specifically to set column values and not add row. :thinking: For context I want the user to enter text to be used as the system prompt for a summary/transcription which works fine but I just get these unwanted rows. Could I edit the action to delete the row someho…

Sounds like you might want to do what’s demonstrated in the following example: [image] eyes Multi-Step Form Template for Applications, etc. (Glide Pages) Community Resources This Multi-Step Form template allows you to create a custom onboarding or application …

A button with edit screen overlay did the job but the UI took a hit. Win some , lose some

Robert is correct that forms will always create a new row. If you don’t want to use an edit screen, I would suggest using a show new screen > this item action, show a text entry pointing to a user-specific column, then a button bar to mimic what you have in the form (Submit/Cancel). Use the set co…

This was the solution in the end. [Screenshot 2023-08-22 at 15.59.29]

Is that a form screen, an edit screen or something else?

A button that opens up an edit screen

Is there a reason you don’t use a normal screen versus an edit screen here? Can you talk more about your desired flow?

I originally had a form container on the main screen that included text entry but it was creating a new row on the user sheet anytime text was entered which wasnt going to work for me. So Bob explained the reason for that above and this solution seems to work the best. [Screenshot 2023-08-23 at 1…

Text Entry creating new row

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Fred_Marker August 21, 2023, 6:23pm 4

Sounds like you might want to do what’s demonstrated in the following example:

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