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After creating a Blank interface, I used "Add element" to add record-pickers for tables A, B, C, and D, as shown in the image. For each table, I arranged the relevant fields vertically.

What I want to achieve is to visually group the vertically arranged sections for tables A, B, C, and D. I think just giving each section a different background color would be enough.

However, it seems that such a basic feature doesn’t exist, so I’m wondering if I might be missing something.

Thank you!

 

 

I don’t think you’re missing anything I’m afraid.  The last time I hit this issue I ended up prefixing the input names to try to make it clearer

Hopefully someone else has a better workaround!


Somebody help me :) 

If I’ll use softr, this will be solved easily …? 


I may be misunderstanding your request, but I think you could use a Kanban interface page to organize the way you’re describing. It would take a few steps, but you wouldn’t have to use an AI tool or extension or do anything too fancy to make it work. You would need to:

  1. Create a new table (Table X) that has the following features:
    1. A linked field to each table
    2. An anchor field as a formula, and then use concatenate or a similar one to create a unique record name that suits your data
    3. A single select field, with one option for each of the linked tables
  2. Create an automation that makes a new record in Table X every time a new record is created in any of the linked tables. Have the automation/s connect the two records via the linked field, and use the appropriate single select option for the corresponding table.
  3. Make an Interface with a Kanban page, with the source data being Table X and the stacking field your single select. 

Once you do that, you can edit the Kanban tiles to show whatever fields you want to match your record detail--either by having them click on the linked record (from the individual tables) or by creating lookup fields as appropriate. You can color the Kanban tiles based on the stacking field, as well, if you want to keep that element.

This isn’t particularly elegant, but if you don’t want to learn new tools or start from scratch, I think this is at least a halfway decent workaround. Hope this works out for you!