I have a base that includes screenshots in an attachment field. It would save me significant time to be able to ctrl-V onto the attachment cell while the image is on my clipboard, without opening an additional attachments dialogue. As of now I have to click the ‘+’ button, click to remove focus from main window, then ctrl-V, click upload, then wait for upload. A streamlined solution would save 3 clicks and perform uploading in the background. If the attachments are large waiting to upload prevents me from working on the table for significant time. This was mentioned previously here but not directly addressed: Attachments: Ability to paste (cmd + v) a screen shot into the field from my clipboard. ... View more

For those with LONG records (such as >30 fields)… Wouldn’t it be nice to VISUALLY break up the record in a way such that you know where you are in the record? I routinely work on a database that has approx 60 fields per record. The new Conditional Forms field on Airtable has been a lifesaver and is a GREAT upgrade. However, when you are NOT entering the data in the “Form”, but rather looking at the record in the Grid view, you still see all the fields and it can be overwhelming to scroll through them all. (And in my case, creating a different view with some fields turned OFF is not a good solution) My idea would be to add horizontal divider lines and/or spacers to visually break up the record to allow you to see where you are within the record. Alternative #2, have vertical colored lines that run along the side of the opened record which signal where you are in the record. (You could choose the color label when you create the field). See example below: ... View more

I’ve seen requests to have specify a color for linked records, but I’d like to request a feature where the linked item actually gets its color from the linked table. Example: I have tasks with a “completed” field in one table. I created a nice color coding in that table to see at a glance, what’s in progress or done. I then link to these tasks from another table. But there, I only see a long list of grey boxes that don’t give me any information other than their name. To see which of these linked tasks are actually finished, I need to click every one of them and open the detail window. Imagine I could specify that the boxes should inherit the color from a view of that linked table. In the column config dialog, I pick the view the color should come from and voila. At a glance, I see what tasks are done, in progress, not started, without changing tables or clicking into every one. ... View more

Hello All, Hello Airtable. You have changed my life! You have allowed a small team that handles $20-100m in grant funds each year composed of 80-120 major projects to come out of the dark ages (excel and MS Access) and increase efficiency, decrease errors, and significantly increase job satisfaction and sustainable work stress. Everyone who uses it is happy, as are our trustees and decision makers. A state agency making this kind of change/improvement in such a short time (since Dec 2020) is a minor miracle. Thank you. But this morning I am dismayed to see a reversal of progress, in my opinion, in a very basic function: The table selector behavior. its now a search, instead of a select. Doh! I spent A LOT of time color coding , arranging and training to be able to get the entire team working within our 49 tables (each member uses maybe 4-6, but they all need to be there, with the first 15 being the most used). I cant get the table list to pull back up so here is a screenshot with just searching for “A”. As the developer, I cannot always recall what every table is called. I really need to have a way to view all tables in order and select from there. This is super critical basic behavior that existed yesterday, but not today. Search function? Awesome! But maybe have that as a top row ‘narrowing’ option (like the rest of Airtable does) instead of opening a blank box? Logic has it that most of us will have our main/most used tables in the first 3-6 tables, so why not show us those anyway? Instead of that fun/demoralizing sideways empty table. Poor thing… haha. Don’t get me wrong, I am happy to have new stuff rolling out. Gantt charts in views and calendaring, for example, are recent updates that have made a huge difference to us. As were View bins and favoriting. (related topic: Tabs now DO follow your click/selection, and the highlighted table appears at the top left when you are there. This was a previously submitted bug from me and appears to be fixed. YAY and thank you!! :clap: :clap: ) And lastly, a shot of our base schema which is either a humble brag or a very nervous laugh/realization of how this monster has grown: Thanks!! Damon ... View more

What I would like to see is some visibility into Airtable’s development roadmap. It would be nice to see what features are on the fast-track, that are actively being worked on, what features are on the mid-range schedule, and what features are still in planning or are long-term. Or perhaps what features are 1-6 months out, 7-12 months out, 12+ months out. I would understand having caveats listed knowing that things change and that items get added or removed on the fly, or that sometimes things take a lot longer than expected to work out all the bugs. But there does seem to be a few feature requests that customers feel are extremely important and there is no sense as to when they will be available - 6 months?, 3 years?, we just don’t know? I certainly know there can be extreme complexities to adding features to a front-end controlled relational DB engine so long timelines are expected, but being completely in the dark is frustrating. I have enjoyed using Airtable for the short time I’ve been here, but without any insight into the future I may have to bail at some point. ... View more

I’d love it if we could add custom base colors. I use Airtable primarily for content calendars and share these with my clients. This feature would help me differentiate bases and also add a nice touch for “branding” the base to the clients brand guidelines. ... View more

Hi – We are running into challenges in having a large number of users with Editor permissions that need to be able to update records in our tables, but also make changes to the View configuration (filters, groupings, etc) that break usage models that we’ve put in place. The bulk of our users are ones that need read-write permissions at the record level, but don’t need the ability to change the view filters/configuration of public, shared views. So our use case is something like this: Configure a views that work well for a given purpose Assign an owner responsible for making any changes to the view configuration (including fielding requests for such changes). For example, a “View Owner” field at the View level. Lock this configuration, such that it can only be unlocked and edited/updated by the above owner Make the view visible to all our users as a sort of “officially blessed” view Allow other users to edit the records but not change the view configuration in-place Allow them to clone the view privately if they want to make their own version of the view (but leave the original untouched), for example via Private Views Make sure everyone can determine who the “owner” user is so they can contact them to ask for changes / updates to the locked view. Private views don’t do it because their visibility is tied to all users, not individual views – we want to be able to show/hide (or publish/unpublish) one view at a time, vs show/hide everyone’s private view. I’m aware that user permissions is an active area of enhancement requests, so this overlaps somewhat with the following (especially the first two), but I couldn’t find this specific use case written up so I thought I’d submit it independently. Limiting Editor Permissions 'Locked' view filters Private or User Views and Reverting to Sticky Public Views Airtable-Based Art Portfolio Web Site https://community.airtable.com/t/link-to-other-base/10 Thanks, Ramon ... View more

Currently, the button is wayyyy below It would be MUCH better if you move the button to below the field as shown here ... View more

Airtable Automation Action: Send API/Webhook Request NOTE: Yes, this can be done via the ‘Run Script’ action, but having a structured input would be helpful to the average end user. Options Method: GET / POST URL Headers Parameters Authentication ... View more