Conditional formatting for in-canvas formula results.
Fix the formula editing experience (the jumping around, auto inserting variables when just trying to move a cursor is pretty confusing and constantly leads to re-typing or errors).
Remember if the formula was last open in full-view vs small-view (for larger formulas, one currently needs to tap through with multiple clicks.
Actually this also happens in my company tables, we have an empty table with all column formats set, which we use to past some excel tables we get from external sources and import them in Coda. like 2 out 5 times Coda just decides to randomly change column type after pasting the excel table. Its a bit annoying …
Option to disable deleting of rows to prevent data loss (this more than anything!)
Faster scrolling of version history (by only loading dates/high level metadata first not all entries within dates) as the current UI is not usable to look many days or months in the past for documents with large numbers of daily changes
workspace options to set defaults for document sharing, document copying so that documents don’t get inappropriately shared or copied
workspace options to set defaults for things like “allow quick adding of new items” on lookups, “show add row button” for tables to reduce tedious setup when the maker wants documents to be more restrictive and controlled
Independent headings, text, and line dividers for row detail modals and forms to break up and/or group sections of columns together
More general style control to override defaults (default header spacing can be strange; e.g. a heading below buttons leaves too little space between them, but a line break adds too much)
Full width form elements in the canvas, so four buttons or filtering inputs side by side in columns looks less chaotic
Some kind of scorecard component (small header + big bold number). A common pattern that is difficult to accomplish with the default CSS
Ability to hide the search box for some users (it can generate results that are confusing for laypeople; sometimes its better to build our own search for what we know the doc user needs)
ability hide the ‘show hidden columns’ view
ability to prevent opening rows by clicking on tab to left of row
these all would mitigate the chance of a basic user stumbling into, or breaking something inadvertently
ability to add comments to formulas and automations
Table search to somehow be sticky when scrolling large tables. Ok if optional. Or “go to top” capability would solve root issue, which is incurring lazy loading costs when reviewing and filtering/re-filtering large amounts of data. Or option to turn off lazy load? I’ll stop
Ability to drag numbers and dates across cells to increment them like you can do in excel / google sheets
Ability to turn calculation debugger on even if calcs take less than 5 seconds
Sometimes we go deep into structuring the UI to guide users through a specific path and having that link to the main database in the modal view can give the user access to “unsanctioned” areas of the doc that will get them lost in their path.
Just a quick question. Is there a way to enable this feature in existing docs? I’ve checked and it’s working on new docs but doesn’t appear in existing ones.
Being able to set “long names” (alternative labels) on table columns in Table mode, not just in Detail layouts (props to @Lars_Hofstetter for bringing this up in a slack)
Comments in formulas — e.g. /* like this */
P.S. Dense table view!! (like sheets)
P.P.S. A way to set the default workspace for things like coda.new