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What is the proposed idea/solution? It would be great to have more design options for fields in interfaces. Some examples: Center text within a text box Center elements across the whole page Change the thickness and color of dividers Add a spacer option (this would be solved by the above by just doing a white line and increasing thickness) Center the number and text within a number element The first 2 above have been giving me the most headaches. Having to add blank text boxes of varying length and adding spaces inside text boxes just to center the text or other elements on the page seems excessive. I feel there could just be a center button in both menus (the one with text-specific options and the one that allows you to change the color for multiple elements/extend them all the way across the page). How does is solve the user problems? Allows users to create more professional-looking interfaces in less time How was this validated? ... Who is the target audience? ...
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In addition to Grid, Gallery, Kanban, etc. I’d like to be able to do a custom layout for a view-- resizing record fields to optimize their visual display. (Does anyone remember Bento? It was, functionally, similar to AirTable and it would allow you to customize the layout of data views with drag & drop fields that you could resize and place into single, double, or triple columns). It would work sort of like the AirTable block Page View but it would be a view I could share with collaborators and it would be responsive to different size screens.
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What is the proposed idea/solution? Allow a one-click "expand all" or "collapse all" on the Interface's Record Review's Record list sidebar, allowing easier viewing of records without the need to manually collapse/expand them. How does it solve the user problems? Ease and efficiency of use instead of doing it manually. How was this validated? Normal data view can do it, so the interface should be able to do so as well. Who is the target audience? Interface users who use Record Review.
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What is the proposed idea/solution? The ability to add tool tips to the top of List, Grid, etc Interface pages and/or to tabs on the Interface page. This is a very easy addition from a development perspective I would assume but would certainly help livability for users. How does is solve the user problems? This would allow Creators & Editors to provide additional context to the users about how the data is being filtered, colored, etc. This is a very easy addition from a development perspective I would assume but would certainly help livability for users.
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What is the proposed idea/solution? If an email field is set to required on a form, the form should not allow the user to submit unless there is a valid (properly formatted) email address entered into the field. How does is solve the user problems? It allows form users to fix issues before submitting a form with invalid data. It helps the form owner ensure that the incoming data is correct. It makes it more likely that the form owner will be able to contact form users and e.g. send confirmation emails. How was this validated? People are expressing their frustration about the lack of this issue on a number of different threads in the Airtable forums. Who is the target audience? People creating sign-up forms or any form where the form submitter might need to be contacted as a result of submitting their info.
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What is the proposed idea/solution? There is not currently an option to add a generic search bar to a custom interface page. The only option is to have different filter options How does is solve the user problems? It would give users the abilty to search multiple different fields without having to make sure they are typing matching text in the correct filter option How was this validated? User experience. The photo attatched shows the custom view that is being used, the reason I do not change it to the prefigured Kanaban view is because there is another view below it that I like having on the same page as the Kanaban view. Who is the target audience? Airtable users
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I want to use the interface as a place to invite my clients to collaborate with me, right now the level of personalisation is ok but needs more. Let me show you an example to explain how amazing the improvement would be by allowing a banner image on top of the interface Look how nice the interface looks by adding just a header image :D!!! I really need this feature, willing to use it soon with my clients 🙂 there are others, such as, allowing more colours (or a personalised palette) within the buttons and number boxes. That would be awesome to make everything match to my branding colours. Also, at some point, if you allow to charge subscription to our clients to have access to the system on a monthly basis that would be AMAZING! that way I can rest in peace as I know all my clients will use the system and pay on a regular basis for it :)!
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What is the proposed idea/solution? Create an additional option under Timetable > Date Settings > Initial View > "Start of Week", so that the Timetable view will always have it's left most column as the Monday (or Sunday, depending on if "All Calendar Days" or "Only Workdays" is checked) of the current week. How does is solve the user problems? We want our employees to be able to view a timetable of all tasks assigned to them for the week, and be able to view even the ones from earlier in the week that they may still need to quickly reference or edit. The tasks assigned for the prior or following week are of less concern, and being able to default to the whole week view would be a major quality of life improvement. Thanks, J. Murphy
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