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What is the proposed idea/solution? To have the ability to filter a certain field type when finding a field. Say, I have 100 columns with different field types and I created a fresh new view. For a clean starting point, I'd hide all fields, leaving me with the first column. Then, I want to unhide certain columns. I'll have to go through my 100 fields to find what I'm looking for or search for the field name on the provided search box. But what if I don't recall the field name but I know what field type it is? What if I know it's a Number or a Lookup? Right now, the best solution is to scroll down and focus on the icons, which is tedious if I have 100 fields. This idea, on the other hand, will make me filter Number, and it will show me fields that are Number types, and I'll easily find what I'm looking for. How does it solve user problems? Adds efficiency to scrolling many fields to find what you're looking for. Not just for hidden views, but finding fields in Filter, Group, Sort, Color, and many others. How was this validated? Add a little dropdown on the right of the search box when finding field for filtering different field types. Who is the target audience? Everyone who uses Airtable.
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Submitted on
Mar 13, 2023
04:59 AM
Submitted by
Ted_Beelen
on
Mar 13, 2023
04:59 AM

The default responsive 'card layout' of an embedded view is perfect for mobile phones. However, the big disadvantage is that the search and filter toolbar disappears in this card layout. This makes it basically useless if you have many records in one view (in my case >1500). In theory, I assume this should be a relatively easy fix. Within the Airtable App the function already exist. I know it is possible to tell your browser to load the site in 'desktop mode', but if you use a table with many rows and columns this just doesn't give the right experience on a small screen. I built an advanced product portal using 'embedded views' that show >1500 records. The search and filter possibility enables you to find the exact product you need. The portal even comes with a responsive web app. But this final lack of functionality makes the tool practically useless for mobile phone usage. I know there may be 3'rd party solutions that come close to this functionality, but I just can't stand it that this functionality is missing. The card layout comes so close to being perfect, it just need a responsive search and filter toolbar! Any development in this would be greatly appreciated!!!
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Submitted on
Aug 16, 2020
11:46 PM
Submitted by
ScottWorld
on
Aug 16, 2020
11:46 PM

This thread inspired me to make this product suggestion, which is a standard feature of most database systems: Currently, lookup fields can only lookup information from one DIRECTLY-CONNECTED TABLE. But often times, we want to lookup information from a table that is “multiple tables away”. Even if all those multiple tables are linked to each other via a specific “path“, the field that we want to lookup still has to be continually looked up through every single table along the path. In other words, we have to keep recreating the same lookup field over & over again for each table along the “path” until we get to the current table — in order to “pull the information” through multiple tables. However, if all the tables are already linked to each other, we should simply be able to specify the “path” from our current table to the other table, and then we could instantly lookup a field from that other table to our current table, even if that other table is multiple tables away. In other words, we should be able to instantly lookup a field from “multiple tables away”, instead of only being able to pull in data from the one directly-connected table. If this sounds confusing, I would take a look at how FileMaker Pro accomplishes this. They make the concept very easy & very simple to understand.
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Submitted on
Apr 09, 2021
07:44 AM
Submitted by
Brian_Beard
on
Apr 09, 2021
07:44 AM

It would great to have a way to search and jump to a header. Command + F only allows searching through the records. It would be great if there could be a Command + Shift + F to search the headers of the table and jump to it. This is especially a pain point when there are 300+ fields. Thanks
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Submitted on
Oct 23, 2018
07:48 PM
Submitted by
raoulwegat
on
Oct 23, 2018
07:48 PM

TXT, PDF, DOC, ALS, etc. This would actually be a huge feature.
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Submitted on
Jun 03, 2022
12:41 PM
Submitted by
TroyTessalone
on
Jun 03, 2022
12:41 PM

The ability to do a field search across Tables Search by Field Name Filter by Field Type Similar to the View search
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Submitted on
Jun 08, 2020
03:49 AM
Submitted by
Reuben
on
Jun 08, 2020
03:49 AM

Currently the search block does not match “partial match” queries. It should match plural form of words and have an option to match synonyms or possible misspellings.
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Submitted on
Jun 07, 2021
12:51 PM
Submitted by
Hans_Nelson
on
Jun 07, 2021
12:51 PM

Sections can be very helpful to organize views within a table, and now that I have them, I can’t not wish that I had them for the tables themselves too. Scrolling back and forth is no bueno. The search toolbar is helpful, but it would be nice to add some further organization as well.
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Submitted on
Aug 30, 2018
06:20 AM
Submitted by
Francois_Massar
on
Aug 30, 2018
06:20 AM

Hi there, If you use some special characters like characters with accents, you’ll need to use them in your searches too. For example, the accent character “é” in the word “président”… You won’t see it in the search results if you type “pres”… You must use the accents too in your search terms like “pré”. Could you make the search less strict ? Thank you guys
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Submitted on
Sep 13, 2020
11:30 PM
Submitted by
Jay_P
on
Sep 13, 2020
11:30 PM

Search is THE MOST IMPORTANT FEATURE. it shoudl be like macbook’s search feature.
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