Buttons preserve layout selection

[BenLee]

This would be a nice feature to have in a more native way.

For now, there are a couple workarounds that get you the same result…

Assign "add row" buttons a view-specific modal

I’ve seen a handful of folks asking about adding a new row via a button, but using a specific view and not the base table to do so. Currently, the “open row for editing” option in buttons will always open the base table view. (I.e. even if the button is configured to add to a specific view, the modal that opens to enter your details will use the base table’s default, including layouts and hidden columns.) We’re hoping to make some internal improvements that allow for different layouts or view …

Mega trick: Different "Expand row" layouts for the same row

Most likely you’re familiar with “Expand row” feature that lets you see a popup for a row by clicking here: [image] [image] And perhaps you know the action Activate() to open that popup programmatically with a button, or at least used the “Add new row and open for editing” checkbox. And also you may know that you can configure row details popup layout just like you can edit the layout in Detail view: [image] What you may not know though is that you can configure this popup’s layout indi…