One view / multiple layouts

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Hi!
I have a table (with only one view) and I want to create different layouts for that table, so that I can open with buttons somewhere else in my document, as needed, layout 1 (which shows, for example, a price column), or layout 2 (that has the price column hidden).
Is this possible?
Thanks!

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Hi Filipa,

Yes, it is possible. In the doc below, there are several buttons that create reminders, appointments and meetings for the todo list table.

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The trick is to create a view, in this example the “Reminders” view, and then to open that.
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Rambling Pete

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Just in case, because OpenRow() is IMHO not really the most intuitive formula to use, as @Piet_Strydom said, it is possible but you’ll need multiple views of the same table … not just layouts :blush: …

So you would a structure such as :

Table
  │	
  ├─ View 1 with the Layout 1 applied
  │	
  ├─ View 2 with the Layout 2 applied
  │
  ├─ View 3 with the Layout 3 applied
  │
  ├ Etc ...

And in your button : if you want to see your table with the Layout 1, you would need to use View 1 in OpenRow(), if you need Layout 2, you need to use View 2 in OpenRow(), etc …

In example of @Piet_Strydom : He has a To-do list table and then a specific view for the Reminders with a specific layout, a specific view for the Appointments with a specific layout and a specific view for the Meetings with a specific layout … and each specific view is used in OpenRow() to display the row with the appropriate layout :blush:

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Thanks for the elaboration PCH!

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It took me way too much time to understand how OpenRow() was really working :sweat_smile: …
So I try to put that knowledge “out there” as much as I can :innocent: !

Sorry for hijacking the topic @Piet_Strydom :innocent:

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:wink:

No hi-jacking. There are so many nuances to some of the topics in Coda, that different perspectives are not only wonderful, but needed.

Other examples include ForEach()/FormulaMap(), the whole idea of “working with lists”. Which I am still not certain I have down pat…

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Thank you both! What I wanted was to avoid creating multiple view of a table, and since the formula says ViewOrLayout, I thoughy maybe we could create multiple layouts in one view and use those in formulas. Too perfect, I guess…

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Hey Filipa,

Yip… Sometimes things don’t work out. 10 seconds ago I found out I will need to do a major redesign to my favorite doc…

P

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