"Allow users to switch visualizations" toggle not there

Question

I am creating an interface for my team. I want to allow them to choose between a gallery and a grid to view the information. However, the "Allow users to switch visualizations" toggle is not there, and I can't seem to find a setting that would have made it disappear. Is this a bug or is there some other reason why the toggle option is not available?

JPom · Accepted Answer

I believe I've identified the problem. It appears the visualization toggle only appears if you choose one of the following layouts:

List
Gallery
Kanban
Calendar
Timeline

It does not appear if you choose one of these layouts:

Dashboard
Form
Record Review
Record Summary
Blank

I hope in the future the visualization toggle becomes an option in these layouts. Not sure if anyone from Airtable will see this.

Stephen_Orr1 · Answer

Airtable refers to these as "table layouts" in their docs: https://support.airtable.com/docs/getting-started-with-airtable-interface-designer#basic-setup-of-table-layouts

Also see the "Visualization picker and toggle" section under "Configuration layout settings" menu item regarding the toggle.

+1 for this being a strange design choice. Users should be able to achieve any pre-made templates from the blank page starting option to reduce confusion as much as possible.. especially when looking at docs/asking for help/learning where things are and not knowing these nuances.

Also side-note, the collapsible sections in the docs make finding things quickly with "ctrl/cmd+f" or googling specific text using quotes only to find it's hidden behind a collapsed section a real pain...

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