I created a table with icons and I wanted to pull them into another table, but when I do, I get the image names, not the image. This happens independently if I choose select list, lookup or Image.
I’m not sure I understand everything, but I’m going on the assumption that you want to display images when you do a search!
I’m sharing a screenshot to show you the options for using images. And sorry if my answer is not correct, but it is easier to answer when you have a factif version to test
I did try that, but I wanted that column to pick images from another table that has the icons - like a lookup column type. When I select image, I lose the lookup or connection to the other table.
I created this video that might explain better what I wanted to do:
I don’t know if I am doing something wrong, or if Coda has some limitations/bugs showcasing images from through lookup.
The display column should be text and when you select this through the lookup column, like I did in the table “sizes” you can select a location and in the column next to it you refer to the lookup and with the “dot” notation you call for the icon, like in the screenshot.
I think it wasn’t very clear in my video or if I showed the formula, but if I am understand you correctly even though I hadn’t selected “Text”, it worked with this formula as “Images”. The screenshot is here:
The thing I was wondering was if we create the column with the icons just like we do for non-images lookup columns - without having to associate the row to the, in this case, “Location” column. Here it looks like images will not be pulled, only their names. Is this a limitation of Coda?
I have managed to replicate the issue in your video.
I think think that you need to do a Select List column type and set the formula to look at the Image column of your image table.
Check out my test doc below and see what you think.
Something to note. From my testing, if you change the image in the Locations table it will not auto update to rows that already have it selected using the Select List method. The new image will show in the drop down.
Hi Dale! Thank you so so much for helping me troubleshoot this. I was unavailable for quite some time, but I’ll test your solution in the next week or so.
I’m sorry for just replying to you now.
Thank you again! I really appreciate it!