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"Allow users to switch visualizations" toggle not there

  • June 9, 2023
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JPom
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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?

Best answer by JPom

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.

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JPom
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  • June 9, 2023

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.

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    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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