Creation of elements after a button click

plumedours · October 13, 2021, 6:49pm

Hi ! I would like your help for creating elements with DynamicComponent.

I have a list of items in a listpicker, when I select an item, I add (for each of them):

a text (which takes the name of the element)
two textboxes
a button

For that, okay it works.

I would like that each time I click on the button, it adds on a line, two new textboxes (above this button). And this is where I got stuck, I get an error. Here are my blocks:

Could you please help me ?

EDIT :

I added this to the button block:

And here’s what happens:

Still-learning · October 13, 2021, 7:37pm

Looking similar like this???

Ded_Sec_00 · October 13, 2021, 7:58pm

You need a unique ID for your Blocks. Try to replace your 2 in the ID with a up counting number on every Button Press.

plumedours · October 14, 2021, 5:07am

That’s almost it, I’d rather like something like this:

When I select an item from my list it adds:

a vertical arrangement
a label which takes the name of the element
a horizontal arrangement
— 2 side by side textboxes
a button

This button create below the textboxes will be used to add two textboxes again (therefore redo the same diagram as the horizontal arrangement)

plumedours · October 14, 2021, 5:55am

I did not understand everything (I use google translate), but I think I understood the main meaning, I will try later, thanks. But if you have a quick example in aia it would help me better

Still-learning · October 14, 2021, 5:56am

Saraswathi pooja happening at home… i hope you will have already ready made block, just sent it to me (demo aia) here or in pm let me fix it. If not it will be horrible to drag and drop multiple blocks in the crucial time

plumedours · October 14, 2021, 6:53am

I’m trying to do this tonight after work, thank you!

dora_paz · October 14, 2021, 7:02am

Give me a sec to send you a test aia

dora_paz · October 14, 2021, 7:09am

Try this

add_textbox.aia (40.1 KB)

Still-learning · October 14, 2021, 8:20am

you are almost close to his concept. But the fact is, if he selects another list item it have to create another whole set up. (i.e label, and two text box)l

I think, this like he is expecting…

Add_Elements_DC.aia (39.1 KB)

plumedours · October 14, 2021, 5:01pm

From the video, that’s what I’m looking for! I test the aia file and get back to you! Thanks

plumedours · October 14, 2021, 5:04pm

Yep! This is exactly what I want, thank you! With that, I’ll try to save all the info entered in the textboxes in Airtable, I’ll get back to you if I can’t.

Thanks to both of you for taking the time to help me out, and thanks @Still-learning for the solution!

Still-learning · October 15, 2021, 4:14am

Add_Elements_DC(1).aia (41.2 KB)

This will give you text box along with id of the box, so you can take the text from the concern boxes easily while saving values into the airtable.

plumedours · October 15, 2021, 3:55pm

And with this method, I just have to use a button to save each item in the list? Thank you so much ! I didn’t even have time to think about it ^^ Thanks!

plumedours · October 15, 2021, 4:17pm

Hmm, it actually saves me the id of the textbox, but not the content I write inside

blocks(6)

Still-learning · October 15, 2021, 4:18pm

it means you have not taken the text of the dynamic component id, instead you have taken only the id

plumedours · October 15, 2021, 4:20pm

Not working

Still-learning · October 15, 2021, 4:21pm

no , you have not used the dynamic component

here use the id, instead of label use text box

plumedours · October 15, 2021, 4:24pm

In fact, my goal so that you can understand more easily, I would like to count the number of hours spent for a client (for my work).

Example, the litpicker contains all the names of the customers.
Textbox 1 will contain the type of work (on a machine, paint, labor, etc.)
Textbox 2 will contain the number of hours (I think to change it by a time selector, it will be maybe more ergonomic than the textbox);

And a button which validates, and which saves me the data. I already have a database that works, but is not practical, I record by date, my arrival and departure times, but I want to improve the customer part.

plumedours · October 15, 2021, 4:46pm

@Still-learning Here is to schematize, the tree structure of what I want to obtain

So, I used Airtable because I find it easy to use, but if there is something else more practical for my purpose, then I will change my method! With Excel for example (or GoogleSheet?)