Is there a way to pop up a modal window using a button?

Nate’s question is straightforward at this point – yes… Use a button in the canvas with “Add Row” as the action and ensure that the “Open Row for Editing” toggle is set to true. Additional question: is it possible to open a “New Row” model via URL? Say I have a table to record my meals and I want t…

@Nate_Williams , you can use the following formula in a button that is set as a “Hyperlink” to open a row. This can be a column button and will open the row the button is in… Concatenate(thisRow.Url(),"&modal=true") @John_Beaudoin_Jack , since this is an action and visiting the URL, I think you need…

I would also be very interested to see as a new feature the ability for Modal’s to pop up on certain actions, and not allow this action to “complete” unless the modal is also completed. This would be useful when using Coda for Process Management: Say you have a column “status” and you want to forc…

Yeah, +1. I have a few use cases where I’d like to be able to: provide custom info after an action, similar to how coda says “2 rows modified” in a pop up at the bottom of the screen require additional info (1 or 2 fields) after an action - though it sounds like maybe there would be a way to hack …

While not in the official documentation, activate() is a great way to achieve this. Here’s a thread with more details: [image] Pop open a row with a button Tips and Hacks There’s now a much easier way to do this. Just use the formula Activate(thisRow) in a button to o…

@Nick_HE great ideas here. I would really like to be able to control some “mini” part of a row that would pop up, in certain conditions, that would need to be filled out. Another example: If you change status to “done,” pop up just the Comments area, and require that a user explain what was done …

Does coda support modal window

Johg_Ananda January 16, 2020, 5:58pm 6

While not in the official documentation, activate() is a great way to achieve this. Here’s a thread with more details:

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Does coda support modal window

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